2015
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Olivier Cardi et al., « Fiscal Shocks in a Two-Sector Open Economy with Endogenous Markups », Archive Ouverte d'INRAE, ID : 10670/1.xauhka
We use a two-sector neoclassical open economy model with traded and non-traded goods and endogenous markups to investigate the effects of temporary fiscal shocks. One central finding is that theory can be reconciled with evidence once we allow for endogenous markups and assume that the traded sector is more capital intensive than the non-traded sector. More precisely, while both ingredients are essential to produce the real exchange rate depreciation, only the second ingredient is necessary to account for the simultaneous decline in investment and the current account, in line with the evidence.