Solving Exchange Rate Puzzles with Neither Sticky Prices Nor Trade Costs
Author | : Michael Moore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1304322222 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Download or read book Solving Exchange Rate Puzzles with Neither Sticky Prices Nor Trade Costs written by Michael Moore and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a simple framework in which both the exchange rates disconnect and forward bias puzzles are simultaneously resolved. The flexible-price two-country monetary model is extended to include a consumption externality with habit persistence. Habit persistence is modeled using Campbell Cochrane preferences with 'deep' habits along the lines of the work of Ravn, Schmitt-Grohe and Uribe. By deep habits, we mean habits defined over goods rather than countries. The model is simulated using the artificial economy methodology. It offers a neo-classical explanation of the Meese-Rogoff puzzle and mimics the failure of fundamentals to explain nominal exchange rates in a linear setting. Finally, the model naturally generates the negative slope in the standard forward market regression.