Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153665 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 1231
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper uses the EAGLE, a multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model, to illustrate dynamic adjustments in a small open economy undergoing real convergence. We consider the effects of productivity catch-up and misperceptions about future productivity developments. Our results indicate that even if real convergence takes the form of a gradual process, the dynamic responses of key macrovariables can be far from smooth. We also find that overly optimistic expectations about productivity shifts can generate sizable boom-bust cycles and so be relevant in accounting for cyclical deviations from a sustainable real convergence path. Our comparisons across alternative monetary regimes reveal that a flexible exchange rate helps to smooth real convergence processes and misperceptions associated with tradable sector productivity, while the opposite usually holds true for scenarios based on nontradable sector developments.
Subjects: 
Boom-bust cycles
dynamic general equilibrium models
real convergence
JEL: 
D58
E32
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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