The Nonstationarity of Money and Prices in Interdependent Economies

Authors

Joseph Daniels, Marquette UniversityFollow
David D. VanHoose, Baylor University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

15 p.

Publication Date

2-1999

Publisher

Wiley

Source Publication

Review of International Economics

Source ISSN

0965-7576

Abstract

In most nations, paths of monetary aggregates and prices consistently depart from stationary trends. This paper shows that this is a fundamental implication when monetary authorities of interdependent countries seek to smooth their home output and prices in the presence of incomplete world output-market integration and structural asymmetries. Using a two-country model with interdependent output supply schedules, we show that this conclusion holds whether the exchange rate floats or is fixed. It also holds if monetary policies are coordinated. Therefore, optimal monetary policy choices by central banks yield stationary paths for money and prices only under very specific conditions.

Comments

Accepted version. Review of International Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1 (February 1999): 87-101. DOI. © 1999 Wiley. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Daniels, Joseph and VanHoose, David D., "The Nonstationarity of Money and Prices in Interdependent Economies" (1999). Economics Faculty Research and Publications. 99.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_fac/99