Net foreign asset positions and consumption dynamics in the international economyFabio Ghironi (), Talan B. Iscan and Alessandro Rebucci () Journal of International Money and Finance, 2008, vol. 27, issue 8, pages 1337-1359 Abstract: We examine the effect of non-zero, steady-state foreign assets on consumption dynamics in response to productivity shocks in a two-country, dynamic, general equilibrium model. The model generates non-zero steady-state net foreign assets by allowing for different discount factors across countries. As a consequence of discounting differences, individual steady-state consumption profiles are tilted upward or downward. Worldwide shocks to long-run productivity levels lead to dynamics that are absent in standard, symmetric models with equal discount factors. We then compare the model results to those of a VAR in common trend representation for the U.S. versus the rest of the G7. In the data, we find that permanent worldwide productivity shocks lead to net foreign asset and consumption dynamics that are broadly consistent with interpreting the U.S. as the relatively impatient model economy and are not consistent with symmetric models with equal discount factors. Keywords: Net; foreign; assets; Consumption; Consumption; tilting; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jimfin:v:27:y:2008:i:8:p:1337-1359 Access Statistics for this article Journal of International Money and Finance is edited by J. R. Lothian More articles in Journal of International Money and Finance from Elsevier |
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