Intertemporal Price Speculation and the Optimal Current-Account Deficit: Reply and Clarification
Maurice Obstfeld
No 233425, Center for International and Development Economics Research (CIDER) Working Papers from University of California-Berkeley, Department of Economics
Abstract:
In the model of Obstfeld (1983), a country hurt by a temporary shift in its terms of trade, whether the shift is infinitesimal or not, always runs a temporary current-account deficit. Temporary rises in relative export prices always cause surpluses in the model. This note derives these results within an analysis that clarifies how temporary terms-of-trade shocks affect the consumption-based real interest rate on external debt and, hence, the current account.
Keywords: Financial; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 1996-02
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