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We study the conduct of monetary policy in a continuum of small open economies and obtain a novel closed-form solution that does not restrict the elasticity of substitution between home and foreign goods to one. We give an exact characterization of optimal monetary policy and welfare with and...
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We establish the share of exports in production as a sufficient statistic for optimal non-cooperative monetary policy. Under financial autarky, markups positively co-move with the export share. For complete markets, markups should be procyclical if the export share is procyclical. When central...
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In this paper we contribute to the literature on environments with active fiscal and accommodating monetary policy. We show that this framework is able to explain the positive relationship between the steady state level of inflation and business cycle inflation volatility observable in the data....
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We study empirically technology diffusion across countries and over time. We find significant evidence that technology diffuses slower to locations that are farther away from adoption leaders. This effect is stronger across rich countries and also when measuring distance along the south-north...
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We study empirically technology diffusion across countries and over time. We find significant evidence that technology diffuses slower to locations that are farther away from adoption leaders. This effect is stronger across rich countries and also when measuring distance along the south-north...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460126