The Dutch disease revisited: absorption constraint and learning by doing

Roberto Iacono ()

Portuguese Economic Journal, 2018, vol. 17, issue 1, No 4, 85 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper revisits the Dutch disease by analyzing the general equilibrium effects of a resource shock on a dependent economy, both in a static and dynamic setting. The novel aspect of this study is to incorporate in one coherent framework two distinct features of the Dutch disease literature that have previously been analyzed in isolation: capital accumulation with absorption constraint, and productivity growth induced by learning-by-doing. The result of long run exchange rate appreciation is maintained in line with part of the Dutch Disease literature. In addition, a permanent change in the employment shares occurs after the resource windfall, in favor of the non-traded sector and away from the traded sector growth engine of the economy. In other words, in the long run both of the classic symptoms of the Dutch Disease remain in place.

Keywords: Dutch disease; Exchange rate; Dual economy; Resource wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F43 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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