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Fiscal policy and the real exchange rate /

Government spending on infrastructure has recently increased sharply in many emerging-market economies. This paper examines the mechanism through which public infrastructure spending affects the dynamics of the real exchange rate. Using a two-sector dependent open economy model with intersectoral ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Chatterjee, S. (Autor), Mursagulov, Azer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Moentary Fund, 2012.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/12/52.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Analytical Framework; 2.1. Resource allocation in the private sector; 2.2. The public sector; 2.3. Macroeconomic equilibrium; 2.4. Current account dynamics; 3. Numerical Analysis; 3.1. The benchmark equilibrium; 3.2. Fiscal policy shocks; 3.3. Exchange rate dynamics: sensitivity to financing policies; 3.4. The persistence of the real exchange rate; 3.5. The short-run correlation between government spending and private consumption; 4. Sensitivity Analysis; 4.1. Sectoral output elasticity of public capital; 4.2. Elasticity of substitution in production.
  • 4.3. Intersectoral adjustment costs5. Conclusions; Tables; 1. Benchmark equilibrium; 2. Government spending shocks: Long-run effects; 3. Government spending and the real exchange rate; 4. Government spending and short-run consumption; Figures; 1. Government spending shocks; 2. Government spending and the real exchange rate: sensitivity to financing policies; 3. Government spending, the persistence of the real exchange rate, and the time horizon; 4. Government spending and consumption: sensitivity to the sectoral elasticity of public capital.
  • 5. Government spending and the real exchange rate: sensitivity to the sectoral elasticity of public capital6. Government spending and the real exchange rate: sensitivity to the elasticity of substitution in production; 7. Government spending and the real exchange rate: sensitivity to intersectoral adjustment costs; References.