A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Real Exchange Rates with General Transaction Costs
Gautam Goswami,
Milind Shrikhande and
Liuren Wu
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Gautam Goswami: Fordham University
Milind Shrikhande: Georgia State University
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Abstract:
We study the behavior of real exchange rates in a twocountry dynamic equilibrium model. In this model, consumers can only consume domestic goods but can invest costlessly in capital stocks of both countries. Nevertheless, transporting goods between the two countries is costly and, hence, the rebalancing of the capital stock can only happen finitely often. We propose a realistic cost structure for goods transportation, wherein the total cost increases with the amount of shipment but the unit cost decreases with it due to economies of scale. Given such a cost structure, the optimal decisions on when and how much to transfer need to be determined jointly. The dual decision depends upon the magnitude of economies of scale, the production technology specifications, and the consumer preferences. The model can reconcile the observed large shortterm volatility of the real exchange rate with its slow convergence to parity. Further, the drift and diffusion of the real exchange rate are not uniquely determined by the real exchange rate level. The dynamics of the real exchange rate can only be determined by a joint analysis of the real exchange rate and the underlying economic fundamentals such as the capital stock imbalance between the two countries.
Keywords: costs of goods transportation; economies of scale; real exchange rate; purchasing power parity; nonlinearity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 F31 G12 G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2002-08-30
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