Is Exchange Rate Stabilization an Appropriate Cure for the Dutch Disease? /
This paper evaluates how successful is a policy of exchange rate stabilization to counteract the negative effects of a Dutch Disease episode. We consider a small open economy model that incorporates nominal rigidities and a learning-by-doing externality in the tradable sector. The paper shows that l...
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2010.
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| Cyfres: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2010/182 |
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | Full text available on IMF |
| Crynodeb: | This paper evaluates how successful is a policy of exchange rate stabilization to counteract the negative effects of a Dutch Disease episode. We consider a small open economy model that incorporates nominal rigidities and a learning-by-doing externality in the tradable sector. The paper shows that leaning against an appreciated exchange rate can prevent an inefficient loss of tradable output but at the cost of generating a misallocation of resources in other sectors of the economy. The paper also finds that welfare is a decreasing function of exchange rate intervention. These results suggest that stabilizing the nominal exchange rate in response to a Dutch Disease episode is highly distortionary. |
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| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (43 pages) |
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| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
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