New Keynesian economics
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New Keynesian economics is a modern macroeconomic framework that incorporates rational expectations and micro-founded price and wage rigidities to explain short-run economic fluctuations and justify active stabilization policy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Keynesian economics tradition
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macroeconomic school of thought ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain | short-run economic fluctuations ⓘ |
| associatedWithEconomist |
David Romer
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Gregory Mankiw ⓘ John B. Taylor ⓘ Jordi Galí ⓘ Michael Woodford ⓘ Olivier Blanchard ⓘ Stanley Fischer ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | New Classical macroeconomics ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Old Keynesian economics
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neoclassical synthesis ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
forward-looking behavior
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importance of expectations ⓘ market imperfections ⓘ non-neutrality of money in the short run ⓘ price rigidities ⓘ role of monetary policy in stabilization ⓘ wage rigidities ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalBasisIn | microfoundations ⓘ |
| includesFeature |
Calvo pricing
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efficiency wages ⓘ menu costs ⓘ monopolistic competition in goods markets ⓘ |
| incorporates |
imperfect competition
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nominal rigidities ⓘ sticky prices ⓘ sticky wages ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Neoclassical Synthesis
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modern central bank policy analysis ⓘ |
| justifiesPolicy | active stabilization policy ⓘ |
| respondsTo |
Lucas critique
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failures of traditional Keynesian models ⓘ |
| supportsPolicy |
countercyclical fiscal policy
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inflation targeting ⓘ monetary policy rules ⓘ |
| supportsView | systematic monetary policy affects real output in short run ⓘ |
| typicallyAssumes |
representative agent households
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representative firm behavior ⓘ |
| usesAssumption | rational expectations ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
natural rate of interest
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output gap ⓘ |
| usesModel | dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models ⓘ |
| usesTool |
Euler equations
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Phillips curve framework ⓘ
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Phillips curve
intertemporal optimization ⓘ |
| viewsBusinessCyclesAs | result of nominal and real rigidities ⓘ |
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The New Keynesian Approach to Monetary Policy
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New Keynesian economics tradition
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New Keynesian macroeconomic theory
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New Keynesian monetary theory
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New Keynesian Economics (with David H. Romer and others)
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microfoundations of macroeconomics
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New Keynesian