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Autarkic Indeterminacy and Trade Determinacy

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  • Nicholas C.S. Sim

    (Department of Economics, Boston College, USA)

  • Kong-Weng Ho

    (Division of Economics,School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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We extend the model of Nishimura and Shimomura (2002) to consider a two-country framework where under autarky indeterminacy arises in one country but determinacy in the other, and show that indeterminacy could be eliminated when trade takes place between the two.

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  • Nicholas C.S. Sim & Kong-Weng Ho, 2007. "Autarkic Indeterminacy and Trade Determinacy," Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series 0706, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre.
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    Keywords

    Indeterminacy; Trade; Two-Country Framework.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies

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