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We study the quarterly bilateral real exchange rate and the relative price of non-traded to traded goods for 1225 country pairs over 1980-2005. We show that the two variables are positively correlated, but that movements in the relative price measure are smaller than those in the real exchange...
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investment-specific productivity. We document that in U.S. postwar quarterly data total factor productivity (TFP) and the … relative price of investment are cointegrated. We show theoretically that TFP and the relative price of investment are … cointegrated if and only if neutral and investment-specific productivity share a common stochastic trend. We econometrically …
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The motives of a small country for borrowing to purchase capital equipment on international markets are studied. The country produces tradable capital and a nontradable consumption good and borrows or lends capital to achieve higher levels of welfare. A shift in time-preference favoring future...
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The positive correlation between PPP investment rates and PPP income levels across countries is one of the most robust … price of investment relative to output across countries. When measured at domestic prices rather than at international … prices, investment rates are little correlated with PPP incomes. We find that the high relative price of investment in poor …
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items from different stores. We calibrate our theory and show that it is not only consistent with the extent and sources of …
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Estimated effects of relative prices on trade shares are presented in this paper for 64 countries. The equations are estimated using pooled time series, cross section data under the assumption that the error term is serially correlated across time and heteroskedastic across countries. The...
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result, the demand for labour throughout the industrialized world. This generates increases in wages, employment and output …
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A decrease in aggregate demand at given prices and wages decreases output and employment. The decrease in employment exerts downward pressure on real wages. The decrease in production exerts downward pressure on markups. With perfectly synchronized price and wage decisions, nominal wages and...
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This paper analyzes the role of relative prices in the conduct of wage indexation and monetary policy in a small economy producing traded and non-traded goods under a flexible exchange rate regime. It is shown that the beneficial effect of using relative prices in addition to aggregate prices as...
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The Consumer Price Index does not take into account the fact that consumers alter the composition of their purchases in response to changes in relative prices. This substitution effect will cause the CPI to grow faster than the cost of living. This paper presents new estimates showing that this...
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