Monetary and Fiscal Policy, the Exchange Rate and Foreign Wealth

This book investigates issues of policy design in open economics. The performance of simple alternative policy rules is analysed in the context of theoretical models using both analytical solutions and numerical simulation techniques. One of the substantive contributions of the research is that policy evaluation should take into account, among other things, the implications of different rules for foreign wealth and the exchange rate. Hence the open economy models presented in the book include wealth effects and the current account. The evaluation of the alternative policy proposals is carried out within the framework of a "small" individual country and in the broader context of policy coordination. This book should be of interest to economics departments.