A small estimated Euro area model with rational expectations and nominal rigidities

  • In this paper we estimate a small model of the euro area to be used as a laboratory for evaluating the performance of alternative monetary policy strategies. We start with the relationship between output and inflation and investigate the fit of the nominal wage contracting model due to Taylor (1980)and three different versions of the relative real wage contracting model proposed by Buiter and Jewitt (1981)and estimated by Fuhrer and Moore (1995a) for the United States. While Fuhrer and Moore reject the nominal contracting model in favor of the relative contracting model which induces more inflation persistence, we find that both models fit euro area data reasonably well. When considering France, Germany and Italy separately, however, we find that the nominal contracting model fits German data better, while the relative contracting model does quite well in countries which transitioned out of a high inflation regime such as France and Italy. We close the model by estimating an aggregate demand relationship and investigate the consequences of the different wage contracting specifications for the inflation-output variability tradeoff, when interest rates are set according to Taylor 's rule.

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Author:Günter Coenen, Volker WielandORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-10146
Parent Title (German):Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2003,08
Series (Serial Number):CFS working paper series (2003, 08)
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2003
Year of first Publication:2003
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2005/06/13
Tag:European Monetary Union; euro area; macroeconomic modelling; nominal rigidities; overlapping wage contracts; rational expectations
GND Keyword:Europäische Union; Makroökonomisches Modell; Geldpolitik; Mitgliedsstaaten; Währungsunion
HeBIS-PPN:215063864
Institutes:Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht