Debt Stabilization Bias and the Taylor Principle : Optimal Policy in a New Keynesian Model with Government Debt and Inflation Persistence /

We analyse optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a New-Keynesian model with public debt and inflation persistence. Leith and Wren-Lewis (2007) have shown that optimal discretionary policy is subject to a 'debt stabilization bias' which requires debt to be returned to its pre-shock level. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vines, David
Other Authors: Stehn, Sven Jari
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/206
Online Access:Full text available on IMF