Dynamic Factor Price Equalization & International Income Convergence.

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Author / Creator:Shiells, Clinton R.
Imprint:Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (19 pages).
Language:English
Series:IMF Working Papers
IMF Working Papers.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12509708
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Other authors / contributors:Francois, Joseph F.
ISBN:1462373941
9781462373949
1452792461
9781452792460
1451871252
9781451871258
9786612842184
6612842180
1282842188
9781282842182
9781451915785
1451915780
Notes:English.
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Summary:The paper develops a tractable way to incorporate the micro structure of dual models of international trade into a standard class of dynamic open-economy macro models. In the process, it develops the concept of a dynamic factor price equalization set and an integrated intertemporal equilibrium. A number of results are obtained concerning trade, growth, and income convergence. Countries with higher capital/labor ratios may stay wealthier over time, both in the transition and in the new steady state. Real shocks in one country will be transmitted to the other country through the factor markets a.
Other form:1451915780