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Ronald Mckinnon’S Contributions To Economics

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    (School of Business Administration, University of Miami, USA)

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Ronald McKinnon contributed crucially to our knowledge of the key role of savings, investment and financial intermedication in economic growth. Financial repression by governemt spending on consumption and repressed interest rates leads to low savings which finances investment, thus slowing growth. This is Ron’s message even today. He has castigated the U.S. monetary authorities for falling into a “policy trap” of repressing interest rates, presumably to foster investment and growth. In fact, Ron points out that zero rates deter savings and thus punish both investment and growth.

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  • Michael Connolly, 2016. "Ronald Mckinnon’S Contributions To Economics," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 61(02), pages 1-9, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:61:y:2016:i:02:n:s0217590816400245
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590816400245
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    1. Sidney S. Alexander, 1952. "Effects of a Devaluation on a Trade Balance," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 2(2), pages 263-278, April.
    2. Ronald I. McKinnon, 1966. "Intermediate Products and Differential Tariffs: A Generalization of Lerner's Symmetry Theorem," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 80(4), pages 584-615.
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