Macroeconomic Policy, Exchange-Rate Dynamics, and Optimal Asset Accumulation / Maurice Obstfeld.

By:

Obstfeld, Maurice

Contributor(s):

National Bureau of Economic Research

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; no. w0599.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1980.Description: 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white)Subject(s):

F - International Economics

Online resources:

Available additional physical forms:

Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers

Abstract: The paper develops a model of exchange-rate and current-account determination for a small economy peopled by infinitely lived, utility-maximizing households. In this setting, a central-bank purchase of foreign exchange has no real effects when central-bank foreign reserves earn interest at the world rate and the proceeds are returned to the public. In contrast, an increase in the monetary growth rate does have real effects, even in the long run. The model developed here implies that an increase in government spending may lead to a surplus on current account. The external adjustment process predicted by the model is one in which consumption, real balances, anti external assets all rise or fall simultaneously.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Working Paper	Biblioteca Digital	Colección NBER	nber w0599 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan

Total holds: 0

Collection: Colección NBER Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	No cover image available	Next
Previous	nber w0596 Accelerated Depreciation and the Efficacy of Temporary Fiscal Policy: Implications for an Inflationary Economy /	nber w0597 Variable Cost Functions and the Rate of Return to Quasi-Fixed Factors: An Application to R and D in the Bell System /	nber w0598 The International Financial Market and U.S. Interest Rates /	nber w0599 Macroeconomic Policy, Exchange-Rate Dynamics, and Optimal Asset Accumulation /	nber w0600 Social Insurance and Consumption: An Empirical Inquiry /	nber w0601 Real Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Money: Some Problems of Estimation and Hypothesis Testing /	nber w0602 International Price Behavior and the Demand for Money /	Next

December 1980.

The paper develops a model of exchange-rate and current-account determination for a small economy peopled by infinitely lived, utility-maximizing households. In this setting, a central-bank purchase of foreign exchange has no real effects when central-bank foreign reserves earn interest at the world rate and the proceeds are returned to the public. In contrast, an increase in the monetary growth rate does have real effects, even in the long run. The model developed here implies that an increase in government spending may lead to a surplus on current account. The external adjustment process predicted by the model is one in which consumption, real balances, anti external assets all rise or fall simultaneously.