How do fiscal and technology shocks affect real exchange rates?. New evidence for the United States

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Enders, Zeno ^a   Müller, Gernot J ^a,b   Scholl, Almuth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Government spending shocks; Real exchange rate; Sign restrictions; Technology shocks; Terms of trade; VAR

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; PUBLIC SPENDING; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650834313     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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