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TY - JOUR
T1 - Fiscal Shocks in a Two Sector Open Economy with Endogenous Markups
AU - Cardi, Olivier
AU - Restout, Romain
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - We use a two-sector neoclassical open economy model with traded and nontraded goods and endogenous markups to investigate the effects of temporary fiscal shocks. One central finding is that theory can be reconciled with evidence once we allow for endogenous markups and assume that the traded sector is more capital-intensive than the nontraded sector. More precisely, although both ingredients are essential to produce the real exchange rate depreciation, only the second ingredient is necessary to account for the simultaneous decline in investment and the current account, in line with the evidence.
AB - We use a two-sector neoclassical open economy model with traded and nontraded goods and endogenous markups to investigate the effects of temporary fiscal shocks. One central finding is that theory can be reconciled with evidence once we allow for endogenous markups and assume that the traded sector is more capital-intensive than the nontraded sector. More precisely, although both ingredients are essential to produce the real exchange rate depreciation, only the second ingredient is necessary to account for the simultaneous decline in investment and the current account, in line with the evidence.
U2 - 10.1017/S1365100514000133
DO - 10.1017/S1365100514000133
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 1839
EP - 1865
JO - Macroeconomic Dynamics
JF - Macroeconomic Dynamics
SN - 1365-1005
IS - 8
ER -