According to the conventional wisdom, when an economy enters a recession and nominal prices adjust slowly, the monetary authority should devalue the domestic currency to make the recession less severe. The reason is that a devaluation of the currency lowers the relative price of non-tradable goods, and this reduces the necessary adjustment in output relative to the case in which the exchange rate remains constant. This paper uses a simple small open...
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INFORMACIÓN
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2009/05/01
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS4926
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Optimal devaluations
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asset market