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Investment‐specific shocks and external balances in a small open economy model

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  • Marc‐André Letendre
  • Daqing Luo

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. We set up a standard small open economy business cycle model driven by government spending shocks, neutral productivity (TFP) shocks, and investment‐specific shocks. The model is calibrated to quarterly Canadian data and its predicted moments and sample paths are compared with their Canadian counterparts. We find that the model captures the dynamics in investment and in the trade balance better than special cases of the model where either one of the productivity shocks is omitted. More specifically, the model matches the variance of the trade balance‐output ratio, its correlation with output and its autocorrelation. It also matches the output‐investment correlation. Les auteurs construisent un modèle standard de cycle d'affaires dans une petite économie ouverte alimentée par des chocs de dépenses gouvernementales, des chocs de productivité, et des chocs spécifiques à l'investissement. On calibre le modèle avec des données canadiennes trimestrielles, et on compare ses prévisions et trajectoires suggérées à ce qui se passe au Canada. On découvre que le modèle épouse mieux la dynamique dans l'investissement et la balance extérieure que les cas particuliers du modèle où l'un ou l'autre des chocs de productivité est omis. Plus spécifiquement, le modèle épouse la variance dans le ratio balance commerciale‐output, sa corrélation avec la production, et son auto‐corrélation. Il épouse aussi la corrélation output‐investissement.

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  • Marc‐André Letendre & Daqing Luo, 2007. "Investment‐specific shocks and external balances in a small open economy model," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(2), pages 650-678, May.
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    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00425.x
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