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  "title": "Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy Under Segmented Asset Markets and Sticky Prices",
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  "summary": "This paper studies optimal monetary policy in a two-sector small open economy model under segmented asset markets and sticky prices. We solve the Ramsey problem under full commitment, and characterize the optimal monetary policy in a calibrated version of the model.",
  "authors": [
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    "Ruy Lama"
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      "content": "- Authors: Juan Pablo Medina Guzman, Ruy Lama\n- Publication date: September 1, 2007\n- Context: Two-sector small open economy model with segmented asset markets and sticky prices. The Ramsey problem is solved under full commitment and the optimal monetary policy is characterized in a calibrated version of the model."
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      "content": "- The Ramsey solution mimics the allocations under flexible prices.\n- Under the optimal policy the volatility of non-tradable inflation is close to zero.\n- Stabilizing nontradable inflation is optimal regardless of the financial structure of the small open economy.\n- Even for a moderate degree of price stickiness, implementing a monetary policy that mitigates asset market segmentation is highly distortionary.\n- Policy implication drawn: policymakers should resort to other policy instruments in order to correct financial imperfections."
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      "content": "- Subject: Asset prices, Consumption, Financial markets, Inflation, National accounts, Prices, Securities markets, Sticky prices\n- Keywords: asset market segmentation, Asset prices, Consumption, Inflation, inflation rate, market segmentation, monetary policy, nominal interest rate, open economy, Optimal monetary policy, Securities markets, sensitivity analysis, sticky price, sticky prices, substitution effect, WP\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp07217\n  - wp07217 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp07217 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/optimal-monetary-policy-in-a-small-open-economy-under-segmented-asset-markets-and-sticky-21203"
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    "Published: September 1, 2007",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451867817.001",
    "Authors: Juan Pablo Medina Guzman, Ruy Lama",
    "Publication date: September 1, 2007",
    "Context: Two-sector small open economy model with segmented asset markets and sticky prices. The Ramsey problem is solved under full commitment and the optimal monetary policy is characterized in a calibrated version of the model.",
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    "Even for a moderate degree of price stickiness, implementing a monetary policy that mitigates asset market segmentation is highly distortionary.",
    "Policy implication drawn: policymakers should resort to other policy instruments in order to correct financial imperfections.",
    "Subject: Asset prices, Consumption, Financial markets, Inflation, National accounts, Prices, Securities markets, Sticky prices",
    "Keywords: asset market segmentation, Asset prices, Consumption, Inflation, inflation rate, market segmentation, monetary policy, nominal interest rate, open economy, Optimal monetary policy, Securities markets, sensitivity analysis, sticky price, sticky prices, substitution effect, WP",
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