The “Backus-Smith” puzzle, non-tradable output, and international business cycles

Soojae Moon

Studies in Economics and Finance, 2016, vol. 33, issue 4, 532-552

Abstract: Purpose - This paper aims to examine the effects of adding non-tradable sector and trade in intermediate goods sector and their impact on the “Backus-Smith” (BS) puzzle and the features of the non-tradable output. Conventional international real business cycle models show that the real exchange rate and the terms of trade are positively correlated to the relative consumption movement between the home and foreign economies when there is a total factor productivity shock, whereas the correlation in the data is negative. The author develops a two-country, dynamic, stochastic and general equilibrium (DSGE) model with staggered price setting in the non-tradable sector and international trade in intermediate goods sector because of product differentiation in a high-asset market frictions situation. Design/methodology/approach - In this paper, DGSE simulation and calibration are performed using Matlab with Dynare. Findings - When the world economy has positive country-specific productivity shock, the benchmark model with non-tradable sector and intermediate goods sector successfully solves the BS puzzle and is able to match several features of the data. The dynamic responses to productivity shock show that integrating product differentiation is necessary to generate a more volatile and counter-cyclical non-tradable output. Originality/value - The paper investigates the effects of incorporating non-tradable sector and trade in interemediate goods sector to standard two-country DSGE model through simulation and calibration.

Keywords: Consumption-real exchange rate anomaly; Heterogeneous firms; Intermediate goods; Non-tradable output (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1108/SEF-01-2015-0033

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