Inflation, Unemployment, and Well-Being: a behavioralist assessment of the inflation targeting regime

Authors

  • Wesley Pech Wofford College, Spartanburg, Carolina do Sul, Estados Unidos da América
  • Marcelo Milan Professor Adjunto na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Inflação. Desemprego. Bem-estar. Política monetária. Economia comportamental.

Abstract

This article assesses the monetary policy rules of which defines inflation targeting regimes, especially its relation to the Philips short run curve, through the contributions of behavioral economics. The article is developed upon the use of the Phillips curve by monetary authorities in deriving the monetary policy rules of which is not taken into the account of important behavioral aspects as related to the perspective of the impacts of unemployment and inflation on subjective well-being. This omission may generate important implications which are relevant to the implementation of monetary policy by central bank, potentially causing levels of well-being to be inferior to the ones observed if information and social preferences regarding inflation and unemployment were considered. A simple theoretical model is developed to structure the problem and to serve as a reference point to broader public policy issues in association with the goal of reducing both inflation and unemployment.

Author Biographies

Wesley Pech, Wofford College, Spartanburg, Carolina do Sul, Estados Unidos da América

Graduado em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. PhD em Economia pela Universidade de Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos da América. Atualmente, é professor do departamento de Economia da Wofford College, Spartanburg, Carolina do Sul, Estados Unidos da América.

Marcelo Milan, Professor Adjunto na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Possui graduação em Economia pela Universidade de São Paulo (1998), mestrado em Economia pela Universidade de São Paulo (2002) e doutorado em Economia pela University of Massachusetts Amherst (2008). Atualmente é professor Adjunto II de economia na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Pech, W., & Milan, M. (2015). Inflation, Unemployment, and Well-Being: a behavioralist assessment of the inflation targeting regime. Revista Paranaense De Desenvolvimento - RPD, 36(128), 49–64. Retrieved from https://ipardes.emnuvens.com.br/revistaparanaense/article/view/738

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Macroeconomia, Setor Público e Políticas Econômicas. Organizador: Prof. Dr. Lucas Dezordi