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The Expenditure Switching Effect, Welfare and Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy

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  • Alan Sutherland

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This paper analyses the implications of the 'expenditure switching effect' for the role of the exchange rate in monetary policy in a small open economy. It is shown that, when elasticity of substitution between home and foreign goods is not equal to unity, welfare depends on the variances of producer prices and the terms of trade. Producer-price targeting is compared to consumer-price targeting and a fixed exchange rate. It is found that a fixed exchange rate yields higher welfare than the other regimes only when the elasticity of substitution between home and foreign goods is a very high. ownership.

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Keywords: monetary policy; exchange rates; welfare;

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  1. Ozge Senay, 2007. " Interest Rate Rules and Welfare in Open Economies," CDMA Working Paper Series 0715, Centre for Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis.
  2. Stéphane Auray & Beatriz De Blaz & Aurélien Eyquem, 2011. "Ramsey Policies in a Small Open Economy with Sticky Prices and Capital," Post-Print halshs-00581173, HAL.
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  4. Hoffmann, Mathias, 2008. "International financial markets' influence on the welfare performance of alternative exchange rate regimes," Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies 2008,27, Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Centre.
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