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Terms of Trade, Labor Supply and the Current Account

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  • Yao-Nan Hsu

    (Department of Economics, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan)

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This paper studies the effect of the terms of trade on labor supply, industrial capital adjustment and the current account in a two-period small open economy in which endogenous labor supply is considered and labor is assumed to be mobile between sectors, given the situation that capital is a sector-specific factor in the short run but is mobile between sectors in the long run. In this setup, the effect of a permanent deterioration in the terms of trade on the current account will depend on the industry capital-labor ratio. This is due to the assumption of an elastic labor supply, short-run capital specificity, and long-run capital mobility between sectors. A temporary deterioration in the terms of trade on the current account is also ambiguous, since it is both a temporary deterioration in the terms of trade that reduces real income, and it also has an uncertain effect on the real wage due to the short-run fixed capacity result of the indeterminate labor supply in the two periods.

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  • Yao-Nan Hsu, 2015. "Terms of Trade, Labor Supply and the Current Account," Journal of Economics and Management, College of Business, Feng Chia University, Taiwan, vol. 11(1), pages 101-126, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:jec:journl:v:11:y:2015:i:1:p:101-126
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    Keywords

    terms of trade; current account; Harberger-Laursen-Metzler effect;
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    JEL classification:

    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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