Optimal Constrained Interest‐Rate Rules

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Year: 2007
Volume: 39
Issue: 6
Pages: 1335-1356

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We show that if policymakers compute the optimal unconstrained interest‐rate rule within a Taylor‐type class, they may be led to rules that generate indeterminacy and/or instability under learning. This problem is compounded by uncertainty about structural parameters since an optimal rule that is determinate and stable under learning for one calibration may be indeterminate or unstable under learning under a different calibration. We advocate a procedure in which policymakers restrict attention to rules constrained to lie in the determinate learnable region for all plausible calibrations, and that minimize the expected loss, computed using structural parameter priors, subject to this constraint.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:jmoncb:v:39:y:2007:i:6:p:1335-1356
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25