The Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand in a Small Open Economy: An Application of the Structural Error Correction Model
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Summary:
This paper empirically analyzes the short-run effects of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate demand, using the two-step structural error correction method. This method has an advantage over the standard reduced-form error correction method in providing a meaningful interpretation for impulse responses. The results are in sharp contrast to those of the traditional Mundell-Fleming and Dornbusch models: after the monetary (fiscal) policy is relaxed, the home currency depreciates (appreciates) for a substantial period of time, and the aggregate demand first expands (contracts) then gradually returns toward its original path.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2000/165
Subject:
Demand for money Econometric models Exchange rates Fiscal policy Fiscal stimulus Foreign exchange Money Real exchange rates
English
Publication Date:
October 1, 2000
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451858044/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA1652000
Pages:
24
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