One of the costs of high levels of in ation may be misperceptions of relative prices and excessive volatility in sectoral output. This paper therefore examines the relationship between the level of inflation and sectoral output growth variability in Canada from 1961:1 to 1995:4. Despite the...

The paper investigates whether it is the level of inflation, changes in the inflation rate or unanticipated inflation which influence the variability of sectoral output growth rate, using the U.S. monthly industrial data from 1957 to 1997. We experiment a range of specifications - our main...

One of the costs of high levels of inflation may be misperceptions of relative prices and excessive volatility in sectoral output. This paper therefore examines the relationship between the level of inflation and sectoral output growth variability in Canada from 1961:1 to 1995:4. Despite the...

The goal of this paper is to investigate whether nominal devaluations had real output growth effects in Mexico and, if so, to assess the significance and duration of such effects. A random coefficient regression model to evaluate the output growth effects of 1976, 1982 and 1986 devaluations...

This paper considers how the structure of an open economy determines its flexibility in responding to external shocks. Inter- and intrasectoral reallocation of both expenditures and factors of production are shown to mitigate the consequences of a severe terms-of-trade shock. We demonstrate that...

In recent years there has been a revival of interest in the trade-growth nexus. A number of authors have suggested that regional economic integration and liberalization of international trade are likely to have positive effects not only on productivity levels but also on long-term productivity...

This paper analyzes income and consumption risk resulting from fluctuations in the terms-of-trade in a small open economy when factors can be reallocated after incurring a fixed cost. This fixed cost of relocation across sectors introduces partial labor mobility and sector-specific uncertainty....