Economic expansion throughout the rest of the world raises the world interest rate. Use the Mundell-Fleming model to illustrate graphically the impact of an increase in the world interest rate on the nominal exchange rate (e) and level of output (Y) in a small open economy with a floating-exchange-rate system

Economic expansion throughout the rest of the world raises the world interest rate. Use the Mundell-Fleming model to illustrate graphically the impact of an increase in the world interest rate on the nominal exchange rate (e) and level of output (Y) in a small open economy with a floating-exchange-rate system

Economics:

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Author:BOYES, William

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Chapter36: Exchange Rates And Financial Links Between Countries

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6E

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