Sectoral shocks and home substitution

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2019
Volume: 181
Issue: C
Pages: 57-60

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

We show that the effect of a sectoral shock on the composition of sectoral shares crucially depends on whether the goods produced in the sector are home-substitutable or not. When a productivity shock hits the market sector that produces non-home-substitutable goods (e.g. manufacturing goods), the shock largely affects the composition of consumption shares of market sectors. On the other hand, when a shock hits the market sector that produces home-substitutable goods (e.g. service goods), relocation in shares mainly occurs between the sector and the home sector. We compare our results to those of the traditional three-sector model without a home sector, and show that the missing of the home substitution effects predicts completely different implications for the response of consumption shares to sectoral shocks.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:181:y:2019:i:c:p:57-60
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26