This paper emphasizes the importance of habit persistence in determining the effect of a permanent distortionary tariff on the current account. A distortionary tariff reduces real permanent income, requiring a fall in the standard of living. If the marginal utility of real consumption is...

The effects of a terms of trade deterioration on the current account are studied when the representative agent has Marshallian preferences, with which the rate of time preference is a decreasing function of savings. A terms of trade deterioration reduces the permanent income of the...

The effect of inflation on the capital stock is considered in an overlapping generations framework with a Cash-in-Advance constraint on consumption expenditures. The adjustment mechanism underlying the model is that of a traditional model with the real balance effect on savings.

We consider inflation stabilisation policies for a small open economy with an endogenous time preference when consumption exhibits durability. The time preference effect and the durability effect have competing influences on the adjustment of consumption expenditures, which will likely exhibit...

The effects of trade liberalizations are studied for a small open economy in a model with durable goods. A trade liberalization increases the permanent income of the representative agent, because it removes trade distortions. The increase in permanent income leads to a corresponding increase in...

This paper examines the effects of policy coordination in a two-country model of endogenous growth. Governments choose taxes to provide public inputs and public consumption goods. Tax rates affect the rewards to investment and rates of economic growth. Two regimes are examined: one with...

We study the effects of inflation for a small open economy when the representative agent has Marshallian preferences, with which the rate of time preference is a decreasing function of savings. An increase in the inflation rate reduces the permanent income of the representative agent, which,...

The two-sector model is incorporated into Blanchard's OLG framework. The total effect of a terms-of-trade deterioration on aggregate savings is decomposed into an income effect and a wealth effect. The income effect comes about because a terms-of-trade deterioration changes the value of the GDP....

This paper studies the effects of monetary policies on employment, capital accumulation, consumption, and the term structure of interestrates in a cash-in-advance economy, where money is required for consumption expenditures. Monetary policy involves targeting the inflation rate or the nominal...

A model in which consumption exhibits durability, and habits develop over the flow of services provided by them is used to study current account dynamics. Durability leads to adjacent substitutability in consumption, while habits are assumed to lead to adjacent complementarity. The adjustment of...