Beggar-thyself or beggar-thy-neighbour? The welfare effects of monetary policy

C-Tier
Journal: Economic Modeling
Year: 2011
Volume: 28
Issue: 4
Pages: 2034-2040

Score contribution per author:

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

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper examines whether monetary expansion is a beggar-thyself or beggar-thy-neighbour policy. Obstfeld and Rogoff (1995) show that monetary expansion under producer currency pricing increases domestic and foreign overall welfare, in cases where the cross-country substitutability is high. If the cross-country substitutability is low, then monetary expansion is a beggar-thyself policy that reduces domestic welfare and increases foreign welfare (Corsetti & Pesenti 2001; Tille 2001). In this paper, we will show that regardless of whether the cross-country substitutability is high or low, monetary expansion is always a beggar-thyself policy in the short run.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecmode:v:28:y:2011:i:4:p:2034-2040
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25