Chapter 1: The Neo-Fisherianism to Escape Zero Lower Bound
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Published:2021
Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, 2021. "The Neo-Fisherianism to Escape Zero Lower Bound", Environmental, Social, and Governance Perspectives on Economic Development in Asia, William A. Barnett, Bruno S. Sergi
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Abstract
Sufficiently persistent rise in nominal interest increases inflation rate in short-run. This short-run comovement of nominal interest rate and inflation rate is known as Neo-Fisherianism. This chapter proposes a policy based on Neo-Fisherianism to escape Zero Lower Bound (ZLB) using a textbook Forward Looking New Keynesian Model. I have shown that proposed policy with properly chosen inflation target and persistence can stimulate economy and escape ZLB by raising nominal interest rate. I have also shown that the proposed policy is robust to varying degrees of price stickiness.
