Should the government run fiscal deficits in response to an adverse external shock that warrants transfer of resources from production of non-traded to traded goods? This paper considers normative fiscal policy implications of sectoral adjustment costs in a two-sector model with overlapping...

Should the government run fiscal deficits in response to an adverse external shock that warrants transfer of resources from production of non-traded to traded goods? This paper considers normative fiscal policy implications of sectoral adjustment costs in a two-sector model with overlapping...

Should the government run fiscal deficits in response to an adverse external shock that warrants transfer of resuorces from production of non-traded to traded goods? This paper considers nprmative fiscal policy implications of sectoral adjustment costs in a two-sector model with overlapping...