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Interest Rate Pegs, Wealth Effects and Price Level Determinacy

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  • Barbara Annicchiarico

    (University of Bristol - Department of Economics)

  • Giancarlo Marini

    (University of Rome II - Faculty of Economics)

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This paper analyses the issue of price level determinacy in an optimising general equilibrium model with overlapping generations. It is shown that under a pure interest rate peg, wealth effects rule out nominal indeterminacy but give rise to multiple equilibria.

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  • Barbara Annicchiarico & Giancarlo Marini, 2005. "Interest Rate Pegs, Wealth Effects and Price Level Determinacy," CEIS Research Paper 65, Tor Vergata University, CEIS.
    • Handle: RePEc:rtv:ceisrp:65
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    Keywords

    Price Level Determination; Interest Rate Pegging; Multiple Equilibria;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy

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