This paper presents a stylized model of international trade and asset price bubbles. Its central insight is that … bubbles tend to appear and expand in countries where productivity is low relative to the rest of the world. These bubbles … productivity countries. Through this channel, bubbles act as substitute for international capital flows, improving the …

This paper presents a stylized model of international trade and asset price bubbles. Its central insight is that … bubbles tend to appear and expand in countries where productivity is low relative to the rest of the world. These bubbles … productivity countries. Through this channel, bubbles act as a substitute for international capital flows, improving the …

This paper develops a general equilibrium model to examine the quantitative effects of speculative bubbles on capital … late 1990s. The welfare cost of speculative bubbles depends crucially on parameter values. Bubbles can improve welfare if …, the welfare cost of bubbles is large, typically exceeding one percent of annual consumption …