Understanding the dynamic effects of government spending on foreign trade
Using Vector Autoregressions on U.S. time series, the present paper documents the effects of fiscal policy on foreign trade: an increase in government spending significantly depreciates the nominal exchange rate, appreciates the terms of trade and increases net exports. Exposed to the same spending shock, a New Keynesian general equilibrium model is shown to match qualitatively the response of relative prices. The response of net exports, in contrast, depends on the intra- and intertemporal elasticities of substitution and the degree of home bias in private spending. An accommodating monetary policy dampens, but does not alter the response of net exports.
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2008
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Authors: | Müller, Gernot J. |
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Journal of International Money and Finance. - Elsevier, ISSN 0261-5606. - Vol. 27.2008, 3, p. 345-371
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Elsevier |
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