Elasticity optimism /

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Author / Creator:	Imbs, Jean, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (45 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/09/279 IMF working paper ; WP/09/279.
Subject:	Elasticity (Economics) -- Econometric models. International trade -- Econometric models. Elasticity (Economics) -- Econometric models. International trade -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12498355

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Other authors / contributors:	Méjean, Isabelle, author. International Monetary Fund. Research Department.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35). Print version record.
Summary:	In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate substitutability is a weighted average of good-specific elasticities, which in general cannot be inferred from aggregated data. We identify structurally the substitutability in US goods using multilateral trade data. We impose homogeneity, and find an aggregate elasticity similar in value to conventional macroeconomic estimates. It is more than twice larger with sectoral heterogeneity. We discuss the implications in various areas of international economics.

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