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TIME INCONSISTENCY AND REPUTATION IN MONETARY POLICY: A STRATEGIC #br# MODELLING IN CONTINUOUS TIME

Li Jingyuan; Tian Guoqiang   

  1. School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2005-07-25 Revised:2006-12-04 Online:2008-07-20 Published:2008-07-20
  • Contact: Li Jingyuan

Abstract:

This article develops a model to examine the equilibrium behavior of the time inconsistency problem in a continuous time economy with stochastic and endogenized distortion. First, the authors introduce the notion of sequentially rational equilibrium, and show that the time inconsistency problem may be solved with trigger reputation strategies for stochastic setting. The conditions for the existence of sequentially rational equilibrium are provided. Then, the concept of sequentially rational stochastically stable equilibrium is introduced. The authors compare the relative stability between the cooperative behavior and uncooperative behavior, and show that the cooperative equilibrium in this monetary policy game is a sequentially rational stochastically stable equilibrium and the uncooperative equilibrium is sequentially rational stochastically unstable equilibrium. In the long run, the zero inflation monetary policies are inherently more stable than the discretion rules, and
once established, they tend to persist for longer periods of the time.

Key words: Time inconsistency, optimal stopping, stochastically stable equilibrium

CLC Number: 

  • 91B64
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