In this paper, we study the effectiveness of fiscal policies in a framework of a small open economy where the behaviour of representative consumer is characterised by endogenous time preference which depends on wealth and consumption.

The mainstream inflation-targeting literature makes the strong assumption that the central bank can exactly target the interest rate which affects investment and consumption decisions and hence the money supply plays no role in the monetary policy strategy. This assumption is equivalent to...

Dans cet article, nous passons en revue les évolutions récentes des prix des actions et de l’immobilier ainsi que du taux de change de l’euro par rapport au dollar tout en expliquant les facteurs à l’origine de leurs fortes variations et en établissant leurs liens avec le cycle...

This paper extends MURPHY's (1991) analysis of alternative lending arrangements. We incorporate the capital accumulation into the two sector model and departure from traditional model of this kind by making two assumptions. One of them is to postulate rigid wage and unemployment, and the another...

Using an aggregate dynamic macroeconomic model, we study the macroeconomic and financial stability under flexible inflation-targeting regime associated with intermediate monetary growth target. Central banks, using the inflation target as a communication and strong nominal anchoring device,...

This paper examines how the transparency in monetary policy decision can impact the likelihood of currency crisis in a simple open economy model with public debt. In the presence of opacity, it is found that if the debt is high, the government will devaluate and vice versa, and the...

This paper reexamines the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in an open economy macroeconomic model with Cournot competition in the international trade of a unique good. Foreign and domestic firms have a Cournot perception of foreign and domestic markets and make separate quantity decisions for each...

In this paper we examine the macroeconomic stability in a simple dynamic open economy model, in which monetary authorities adopt an flexible inflation-targeting regime in an environment with a liberalised capital account and flexible exchange rates. In this respect, inflation targeting is an...

It is set up in this paper a formulation which endogeneizes the choice of investment inputs in open economy context where a small country may depend on foreign technology. Then it is integrated into a macroeconomic model of small specialized country with Blanchard-Yaari type uncertain horizon...

Dans cet article, nous étudions l’efficacité de politiques économiques dans un cadre d’une petite économie ouverte où la relation entre le taux de change, le prix des actions et le niveau d’activité est soumise à des interactions entre l’effet de “pass-through” incomplet et...