Unconventional Fiscal Policy at the Zero Bound
American Economic Review
vol. 103,
no. 4, June 2013
(pp. 1172-1211)
Extract
When the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates binds, monetary policy cannot provide reasonably stimulus. We show that, in the standard New Keynesian model, tax guidelines can deliver such stimulus at no cost and in a time-consistent manner. There is no need to use inefficient policies such as wasteful public spending or future commitments to base interest rates.Citation
Correia, Isabel, Emmanuel Farhi, Juan Pablo Nicolini, and Pierre Teles. 2013. "Unconventional Taxation Police at the Nil Bound." American Economic Review, 103 (4): 1172-1211. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.4.1172Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- E12 General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian
- E43 Interest Rates: Determination, Word Structure, and Effects
- E52 Monetary Policy
- E62 Fiscal Policy
- H20 Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General