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The natural rate of interest in a small open economy

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  • Fernando de Holanda Barbosa

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    The goal of this paper is to show that the natural rate of interest in a small open economy, with access to the world capital markets, is equal to the international real rate of interest. We show this property by using the infinitely-lived overlapping generations model and we use this model to analyze both fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes.

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    Paper provided by Universidade Federal do Paraná, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 0121.

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    Length: 22 pages
    Date of creation: 2011
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    Handle: RePEc:fup:wpaper:0121

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    Keywords: small open economy; natural rate of interest; complete and incomplete asset markets;

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