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Credit frictions and co-movement of durable and non-durable goods in a small open economy

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In this paper I investigate, numerically, the co-movement puzzle by testing the ability of borrowing and lending constraints to counter the opposite movement of durable and non-durable goods in response to foreign monetary policy and international bond shocks. I do this by simulating a small open economy sticky price model calibrated to the South African […]

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  • Hilary Patroba, 2018. "Credit frictions and co-movement of durable and non-durable goods in a small open economy," Working Papers 730, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    Keywords

    Banking Regulation; capital market; Durable and Non-durable goods; Emerging economies; Other Macroeconomic Variables;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission

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