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Inflation Stabilisation with Durable Goods and Endogenous Time Preference

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  • ARMAN MANSOORIAN
  • MOHAMMED MOHSIN

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We consider inflation stabilisation policies for a small open economy with an endogenous time preference when consumption exhibits durability. The time preference effect and the durability effect have competing influences on the adjustment of consumption expenditures, which will likely exhibit an initial boom followed by a recession. Further, inflation stabilisation leads to an increase in labour supply and a boom in investment and output. The country experiences a sharp deterioration in its net foreign asset position.

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  • Arman Mansoorian & Mohammed Mohsin, 2010. "Inflation Stabilisation with Durable Goods and Endogenous Time Preference," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 86(274), pages 342-351, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:86:y:2010:i:274:p:342-351
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00610.x
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