Why is the Business-Cycle Behavior of Fundamentals Alike Across Exchange-Rate Regimes?

Luca Dedola () and Sylvain Leduc

No 411, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) from Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area

Abstract: Since the adoption of flexible exchange rates, real exchange rates have been much more volatile than they were under Bretton Woods. However, the volatilities of most other macroeconomic variables have remained approximately unchanged. This poses a puzzle for standard international business cycle models. This paper develops a two-country, two-sector model with nominal rigidities featuring deviations from the law of one price due to firms setting prices in buyers' currencies. By partially insulating goods markets across countries and thus mitigating the international expenditure-switching effect, this pricing behavior is found to considerably dampen the responses of quantities to shocks hitting the economies, therefore helping to account for the puzzle.

Keywords: equilibrium business cycle; price-adjustment costs; exchange-rate regimes; exchange-rate volatility; local currency pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 E52 F31 F33 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-08
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