Credit Constrained Consumers, Inflation Inertia and Instability Under Fixed Exchange Rates

19 Pages Posted: 9 Nov 2006

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Tatiana Kirsanova

University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School

David Vines

University of Oxford - Balliol College - Department of Economics; Australian National University (ANU); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Simon Wren-Lewis

University of Oxford - Economics Department

Date Written: October 9, 2006

Abstract

This paper investigates stability in a small open economy under fixed exchange rates when a proportion of consumers are credit constrained, and there exists some degree of inflation inertia. We show that the combination of these two elements may generate significant cyclical behaviour, and that these cycles may become explosive under certain parameterisations. The influence of changes in competitiveness on demand helps generate cyclicality, but in itself does not prevent the possibility of global instability.

Keywords: Macroeconomic stability, Fixed exhange rate

JEL Classification: E52, E61, E63, F41

Suggested Citation

Kirsanova, Tatiana and Vines, David and Wren-Lewis, Simon J.Q., Credit Constrained Consumers, Inflation Inertia and Instability Under Fixed Exchange Rates (October 9, 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=943034 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.943034

Tatiana Kirsanova (Contact Author)

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David Vines

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