The Inflation-Targeting Debate


The Inflation-Targeting Debate
Ben S. Bernanke and Michael Woodford, editors

The University of Chicago Press, 2005
Studies in Business Cycles, no. 32
Cloth: $85.00
432 pages
ISBN: 0-226-04471-8 (cloth)

Some chapters may have appeared as NBER Working Papers, which are preliminary versions of the published papers.

Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Ben S. Bernanke and Michael Woodford

    1. What Has Inflation Targeting Achieved?
    Mervyn King

    I. Optimal Targets

    2. Implementing Optimal Policy through Inflation-Forecast Targeting
    Lars E. O. Svensson and Michael Woodford
    Comment: Bennett T. McCallum

    Discussion Summary

    3. Optimal Inflation-Targeting Rules
    Marc P. Giannoni and Michael Woodford
    Comment: Edward Nelson

    Discussion Summary

    4. Inflation Targeting, Price-Path Targeting, and Output Variability
    Stephen G. Cecchetti and Junhan Kim
    Comment: N. Gregory Mankiw

    Discussion Summary

    5. Imperfect Knowledge, Inflation Expectations, and Monetary Policy
    Athanasios Orphanides and John C. Williams
    Comment: George W. Evans

    Discussion Summary

    II. Critical Perspectives

    6. Does Inflation Targeting Matter?
    Laurence Ball and Niamh Sheridan
    Comment: Mark Gertler

    Discussion Summary

    7. Limits to Inflation Targeting
    Christopher A. Sims
    Comment: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé

    Discussion Summary

    8. Inflation Targeting in the United States?
    Marvin Goodfriend
    Comment: Donald L. Kohn

    Discussion Summary

    III. Inflation Targeting for Emerging Markets

    9. Inflation Targeting in Transition Economies: Experience and Prospects
    Jiri Jonas and Frederic S. Mishkin
    Comment: Olivier Blanchard

    Discussion Summary

    10. Inflation Targeting and Sudden Stops
    Ricardo J. Caballero and Arvind Krishnamurthy
    Comment: Ben S. Bernanke

    Discussion Summary


 

 
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