Robustness of Macroeconomic Indicators of Capital Mobility

Author/Editor:

Enrique G. Mendoza

Publication Date:

December 1, 1992

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Summary:

The performance of macroeconomic indicators of capital mobility is examined in the context of an intertemporal equilibrium model of a small open economy. Recursive numerical solution methods are used to compute measures of consumption smoothing, savings-investment correlation, and the variability and output-correlation of investment that characterize the model in the presence of income disturbances. None of these statistics is a reliable indicator of capital mobility unless information regarding differences in preferences, technology, and the nature of stochastic shocks can be taken into account.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1992/111

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

December 1, 1992

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451853391/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA1111992

Pages:

40

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