The new open economy macroeconomics of government debt

New Open Economy Macroeconomics

Starting in the early 1990s, the New Open Economy Macroeconomics refers to a vast body of literature embracing a new theoretical framework for policy analysis in open economy, with the goal of overcoming the limitations of the Mundell-Fleming model, while preserving the empirical wisdom and policy friendliness of traditional analysis. Building general equilibrium models with imperfect competiti...

Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics

This thesis addresses three issues in international macroeconomics. Chapter 2 provides an empirical investigation of both the shortand long-term determinants of current accounts for eight largest emerging Asian economies. The analysis is carried out within a cointegrated VAR framework. In this chapter, I show that current account behaviours in emerging Asian economies are heterogeneous. Initial...

Home Bias in Equities under New Open Economy Macroeconomics

This paper presents a potential solution to the home bias puzzle based on a new open economy macroeconomics model. In response to technology shocks, sticky prices generate a negative correlation between labor income and the profits of domestic firms, leading to home bias in equity holdings. In contrast, under flexible prices, labor income and the profits of the domestic firms are positively cor...

Government Debt and Interest Rates ” NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Debt Targeting in a Small Open Economy

This paper considers a small open economy where government pursues debt targeting policy. In this setting, I find the optimal debt targeting rule crucially hinges on the assumption of bond market structure, i.e. whether household can purchase state-contingent bond. In addition, the country’s foreign asset holding and government’s debt level may have substantial impact on the optimal debt target...