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Foreign Trade and Equilibrium Indeterminacy

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Luís Francisco Aguiar-Conraria () (Universidade do Minho - NIPE)
Yi Wen (Department of Economics - Cornell University)

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We show that dependence of production on foreign inputs (or non-producible natural resources) can significantly increase the likelihood of indeterminacy. Payment of imported foreign factors of production may act as a semi-fixed cost, amplifying production externalities and returns to scale, making selffulfilling expectations driven busyness cycles easier to arise. This is demonstrated using a standard neoclassical growth model. Calibration exercise shows that the required increasing returns to scale can be reduced by as much as 64% based on estimated share of foreign inputs in production for OECD countries.

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Keywords: Indeterminacy Factor Imports Natural Resources Capacity Utilization Externality Returns to Scale Open Economy Sunspots Self- Fulfilling Expectations.

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  1. Luis Aguiar-Conraria & Yi Wen, 2006. "Understanding the large negative impact of oil shocks," Working Papers 2005-042, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Luís Francisco Aguiar-Conraria & Yi Wen, 2005. "Understanding the Impact of Oil Shocks," NIPE Working Papers 2/2005, NIPE - Universidade do Minho. [Downloadable!]
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