The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: In Search of Improvements and Adaptation to the Open Economy
This paper provides a survey on the recent literature on the new Keynesian Phillips curve: the controversies surrounding its microfoundation and estimation, the approaches that have been tried to improve its empirical fit and the challenges it faces adapting to the open-economy framework. The new Ke...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:ice:wpaper:wp31_tjorvi 2024-04-14T08:13:43+00:00 The New Keynesian Phillips Curve: In Search of Improvements and Adaptation to the Open Economy Thorvardur Tjörvi Ólafsson http://www.sedlabanki.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=4673 unknown http://www.sedlabanki.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=4673 preprint ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:36:11Z This paper provides a survey on the recent literature on the new Keynesian Phillips curve: the controversies surrounding its microfoundation and estimation, the approaches that have been tried to improve its empirical fit and the challenges it faces adapting to the open-economy framework. The new Keynesian Phillips curve has been severely criticized for poor empirical dynamics. Suggested improvements involve making some adjustments to the standard sticky price framework, e.g. introducing backwardness and real rigidities, or abandoning the sticky price model and relying on models of inattentiveness, learning or state-dependant pricing. The introduction of openeconomy factors into the new Keynesian Phillips curve complicate matters further as it must capture the nexus between price setting, inflation and the exchange rate. This is nevertheless a crucial feature for any model to be used for inflation forecasting in a small open economy like Iceland. Report Iceland RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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This paper provides a survey on the recent literature on the new Keynesian Phillips curve: the controversies surrounding its microfoundation and estimation, the approaches that have been tried to improve its empirical fit and the challenges it faces adapting to the open-economy framework. The new Keynesian Phillips curve has been severely criticized for poor empirical dynamics. Suggested improvements involve making some adjustments to the standard sticky price framework, e.g. introducing backwardness and real rigidities, or abandoning the sticky price model and relying on models of inattentiveness, learning or state-dependant pricing. The introduction of openeconomy factors into the new Keynesian Phillips curve complicate matters further as it must capture the nexus between price setting, inflation and the exchange rate. This is nevertheless a crucial feature for any model to be used for inflation forecasting in a small open economy like Iceland. |
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