Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64152 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2011-28
Publisher: 
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA
Abstract: 
We combine two strands of Post Keynesian growth theory by imposing a balance of payments constraint on a Kaldorian cumulative causation model. The effects of external and internal shocks, and the degree to which cumulative causation comes into play depends on the exchange rate and capital account regimes. Exports act as the only exogenous drivers of growth only under a regime of fixed exchange rates and in the absence of relative price effects. Under flexible exchange rates, by contrast, it is internal demand that serves as the only exogenous driver of of growth. Moreover, regardless of the type of shock, the presence of cumulative causation does not boost growth, although it may render growth more sustainable.
Subjects: 
cumulative causation
balance of payments constraint
export-led growth
capital account openness
exchange rate regime
JEL: 
E12
F43
F32
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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