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| Title: | | News versus sunspot shocks in a New Keynesian model  |
| Authors: | | Karnizova, Lilia |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Citation: | | [Journal:] Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal [Volume:] 4 [Issue:] 2010-19 [Pages:] 1-27 [DOI/URN:] doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2010-19 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Economics 2010-19 |
| Abstract: | | Separately, news and sunspot shocks have been shown empirically to be determinants of changes in expectations. This paper considers both of them together in a simple New Keynesian monetary business cycle model. A full set of rational expectations solutions is derived analytically. The analytical characterization allows an explicit comparison of news about future monetary policy and sunspots. The key distinction between the shocks lies in their relation to the realized policy shock. If monetary policy is 'passive', both types of shocks affect model dynamics through forecast errors. The effect of the news on forecast errors is not unique, and the dynamics induced by news and sunspot shocks can be observationally equivalent. If monetary policy is 'active', the sunspots are irrelevant, and the model responses to the news shocks are unique. In both cases, news shocks strengthen the endogenous propagation of the model, since anticipation of future changes prolongs agents' reaction. |
| Subjects: | | News shocks sunspots expectations monetary policy indeterminacy |
| JEL: | | E32 E47 E52 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2010-19 |
| URL of the first edition: | | http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2010-19 |
| Creative Commons License: | |  |
| Document Type: | | Article |
| Appears in Collections: | | Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal - Journal Articles
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