A Subsistence Linked Economy : The Case of the Solomon Islands.
How are money demand, income, and the price level affected when a significant portion of the economically active population reverts to and withdraws from subsistence economic activity? This paper tries to find a quantitative answer to the question by highlighting the specific link between the moneti...
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| Format: | Czasopismo |
| Język: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1989.
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| Seria: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1989/104 |
| Dostęp online: | Full text available on IMF |
| Streszczenie: | How are money demand, income, and the price level affected when a significant portion of the economically active population reverts to and withdraws from subsistence economic activity? This paper tries to find a quantitative answer to the question by highlighting the specific link between the monetized and the subsistence economy that exists in the Solomon Islands: the producer price of copra, the main cash crop. The paper includes this variable explicitly in the money demand function of an aggregated macroeconomic simultaneous equation model and finds a significant impact throughout the economy. |
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| Opis fizyczny: | 1 online resource (20 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
| ISSN: | 1018-5941 |
| Ograniczenie dostępu: | Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students |