Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171768 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 16-14
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Abstract: 
Using panel data on military spending for 125 countries, we document new facts about the effects of changes in government purchases on the real exchange rate, consumption, and current accounts in both advanced and developing countries. While an increase in government purchases causes real exchange rates to appreciate and increases consumption significantly in developing countries, it causes real exchange rates to depreciate and decreases consumption in advanced countries. The current account deteriorates in both groups of countries. These findings are not consistent with standard international business-cycle models. We investigate whether the difference between advanced economies and developing countries in the responses of real exchange rates to spending shocks can be explained by alternative hypotheses.
Subjects: 
military spending
fiscal policy
real exchange rates
twin deficit
risk sharing
JEL: 
E3
F3
F4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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