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SAVINGS, INVESTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND INFLATION IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY WITH HABIT PERSISTENCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2010

Arman Mansoorian ,
Leo Michelis  and
Mohammed Mohsin
Arman Mansoorian*
Affiliation:
York University
Leo Michelis
Affiliation:
Ryerson University
Mohammed Mohsin
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee
*
Address correspondence to: Arman Mansoorian, Department of Economics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada; e-mail: arman@yorku.ca.
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Abstract

The effects of inflation are studied for a small open economy with a cash-in-advance constraint on consumption in which the representative agent has preferences with habit persistence. An increase in the inflation rate requires a fall in the steady state living standards. On impact, to maintain living standards, the representative agent reduces his savings and labor supply. Investment falls and the current account turns into a deficit. In support of this model, we provide evidence from eight high-inflation countries suggesting that after an increase in the inflation rate, output and investment fall, and the net foreign asset position deteriorates over time.

Keywords

SavingsInvestmentInflationHabits
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Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 365 - 387
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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