The Expansionary Lower Bound : Contractionary Monetary Easing and the Trilemma /

We provide a theory of the limits to monetary policy independence in open economies arising from the interaction between capital flows and domestic collateral constraints. The key feature of our theory is the existence of an 'Expansionary Lower Bound' (ELB), defined as an interest rate thr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cavallino, Paolo
Other Authors: Sandri, Damiano
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/236
Online Access:Full text available on IMF