Intertemporal Adjustment And Fiscal Policy Under A Fixed Exchange Rate Regime

The paper presents a dynamic model for small to medium open economies operating under a fixed exchange rate regime. The model provides a partial explanation of the channels through which fiscal and monetary policy affects the real exchange rate. An empirical investigation is conducted for the case o...

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Main Author: Aloy, Marcel
Other Authors: Moreno-Dodson, Blanca, Nancy, Gilles
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2008
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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653 |a Emerging Markets 
653 |a Currency 
653 |a Economic Stabilization 
653 |a Poverty Reduction 
653 |a Currency board 
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653 |a Private Sector Development 
653 |a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime 
653 |a Finance and Financial Sector Development 
653 |a Monetary policy 
653 |a Economic Theory and Research 
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520 |a The paper presents a dynamic model for small to medium open economies operating under a fixed exchange rate regime. The model provides a partial explanation of the channels through which fiscal and monetary policy affects the real exchange rate. An empirical investigation is conducted for the case of Argentina during the currency board period of 1991-2001. Empirical estimates show that fiscal policy may indeed be an efficient instrument for promoting macroeconomic stability insofar as it encourages convergence toward long-run equilibrium and alters the long-term balance between exports and consumption, both private and public. The simulation applied to Argentina shows that if the share of public spending in the economy is higher than the share of imports, an increase in the tax rate will stimulate capital stock slightly, at least in the short term, and depreciate the real effective exchange rate. In the long run, the fiscal policy affects the value of the real exchange rate and consequently external competitiveness