scholarly journals Wage rigidity and capital mobility in an optimizing model of a small open economy

De Economist ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-75
Author(s):  
Th. van de Klundert ◽  
F. van der Ploeg
Keyword(s):  
Open Economy ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Wage Rigidity ◽  
Optimizing Model

scholarly journals Status Preference, Wealth and Dynamics in the Open Economy

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter H. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Open Economy ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Current Account Balance ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Transitional Dynamics ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
Interest Rate Shocks

Abstract The implications of status preference in a simple open economy model are investigated in this paper. The open economy is modeled as a continuum of identical representative agents who have preferences over consumption and status. In the paper status is identified as relative wealth, which takes the form of relative holdings international financial assets. A symmetric macroeconomic equilibrium is derived in which status is the source of transitional dynamics for domestic consumption and the current account balance. This result illustrates another way to combine transitional dynamics with interior equilibria in the small open economy Ramsey model with perfect capital mobility. We also show that status preference plays a critical role in influencing the open economy’s adjustment to government expenditure and world interest rate shocks.

Capital Mobility, Consumption Substitutability and the Effects of Monetary Policy in Open Economies

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Pierdzioch
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
International Capital ◽  
International Capital Mobility ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Optimizing Model ◽  
The Impact

Abstract I use a dynamic general equilibrium two-country optimizing model to analyze the implications of international capital mobility for the short-run effects of monetary policy in an open economy. The model implies that the substitutability of goods produced in different countries plays a central role for the impact of changes in the degree of international capital mobility on the effects of monetary policy. Paralleling the results of the traditional Mundell-Fleming model, a higher degree of international capital mobility magnifies the short-run output effects of monetary policy only if the Marshall-Lerner condition, which is linked to the cross-country substitutability of goods, holds.

scholarly journals Financial liberalisation and inflationary dynamics in the context of a small open economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
R Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Open Economy ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Capital Account ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Money Markets ◽  
Reserve Requirements ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Financial Liberalisation ◽  
High Degree

This paper develops a short-term model of a small open financially repressed economy characterised by unorganised money markets, intermediate goods imports, capital mobility and flexible exchange rates. The analysis shows that financial liberalisation, in the form of increased rate of interest on deposits and tight monetary policy, causes deflation for an economy with a high degree of capital mobility. However, for economies with a low degree of capital mobility, the possibility of stagflation cannot be ruled out. These results suggest that financial liberalisation in the form of lower reserve requirements should be recommended for economies with restricted transactions in the capital account.

Interest rate rules and equilibrium (in)determinacy in a small open economy: the role of internationally traded capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-ya Chang ◽  
Hsueh-fang Tsai ◽  
Juin-jen Chang ◽  
Hsieh-yu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
International Capital ◽  
Interest Rate Rules ◽  
International Capital Mobility ◽  
Rate Feedback ◽  
Feedback Rule

Abstract This study develops a small-open-economy version of Benhabib, J., S. Schmitt-Grohé, and M. Uribe. 2001. “Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria.” American Economic Review 91: 167–186. We systematically explore the role of international capital mobility and the portfolio balance channel in terms of macroeconomic (in)stability when the government follows a commonly-adopted interest-rate feedback rule. In a one-traded-good model, the steady-state equilibrium, in general, is locally determinate; international capital mobility stabilizes the economy against business cycle fluctuations under a simple interest-rate feedback rule. In a two-good (traded and non-traded goods) model, the relationship between equilibrium (in)determinacy and the aggressiveness of interest rate rules is not monotonic, and crucially depends on households’ portfolio preferences. These results suggest that a unified interest rate rule can end up with very different consequences of macroeconomic (in)stability in an open economy from those in a closed economy.

scholarly journals Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity and the Case for Temporary Inflation in the Eurozone

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé ◽  
Martín Uribe
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Wage Rigidity ◽  
Nominal Wage ◽  
Fixed Exchange Rate ◽  
Nominal Wage Rigidity ◽  
Unemployment Problem

Since the onset of the Great Recession in peripheral Europe, nominal hourly wages have not fallen from the high levels they had reached during the boom years—this in spite of widespread increases in unemployment. This observation evokes a well-known narrative in which nominal downward wage rigidity is at the center of the current unemployment problem. We embed downward nominal wage rigidity into a small open economy with tradable and nontradable goods and a fixed exchange-rate regime. In this model, negative external shocks cause involuntary unemployment. We analyze a number of national and supranational policy options for alleviating the unemployment problem caused by the combination of downward nominal wage rigidity and a fixed exchange-rate regime. We argue that, in spite of the existence of a battery of domestic policies that could be effective in solving the unemployment problem, it is unlikely that a solution will come from within national borders. This leaves supranational monetary stimulus as the most compelling avenue out of the crisis. Our model predicts that full employment in peripheral Europe could be restored by raising the euro area annual rate of inflation to about 4 percent for the next five years.

International capital mobility and structural transformation

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyungsoo Kim ◽  
Wankeun Oh ◽  
E. Young Song
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Small Open Economy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
International Capital ◽  
International Capital Mobility

Abstract This study examines the role of international capital mobility in shaping the relation between economic growth and structural transformation. We build a small open economy Ramsey model with two goods, tradables and nontradables. We show that if the long-run autarky interest rate of a small open economy is higher than the world interest rate, the employment and value-added shares of the tradables sector will rise over time. In the opposite case, the shares will fall. Because the autarky interest rate increases with the rate of technological progress, our result suggests that cross-country differences in the rate of technological progress may be a significant factor in accounting for diverse patterns of structural changes among countries.

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