THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
1 – How would you analyze the effect of an expansionary (or contractionary) fiscal policy under the fixed price, fixed exchange rate regime with no capital mobility? Please state your model and assumptions clearly and be explicit.
2 – How would you analyze
the effect of devaluation under the fixed price, fixed exchange rate regime
with no capital mobility? Please state your model and assumptions clearly and
be explicit.
3 – How would you explain the ineffectiveness of
monetary policy under the regime of fixed price, fixed exchange rate and
perfect capital mobility? Please state your model and assumptions clearly and
be explicit.
4 – How would you analyze the effect of an expansionary
fiscal policy under the regime of fixed price, fixed exchange rate and imperfect
capital mobility? Please state your model and assumptions clearly and be
explicit.
5 – Is fiscal policy effective under fixed price, flexible
exchange rate and perfect capital mobility system? Why or why not? Please state
your model and assumptions clearly and be explicit.
6 – What is the effect of monetary policy under the
regime of fixed price, fixed exchange rate and perfect capital mobility?
Explain clearly.
7 – How
would you analyze the exchange rate dynamics under an unanticipated monetary
shock (i.e. exchange rate overshooting)? Please state your model and assumptions clearly.
8 – Explain the monetary-price adjustment mechanism
under the regime of flexible price, fixed exchange rate and no
capital mobility? Please state your model and assumptions clearly and be
explicit.
9 – What are the consequences of devaluation, both in
the short and long run, under the regime of flexible price, fixed
exchange rate and no capital mobility? Please state your model and assumptions
clearly and be explicit.
10 – Discuss whether monetary policy is effective,
both in the short and long run, under the regime of flexible price,
fixed exchange rate and perfect capital mobility? Please state your
model and assumptions clearly and be explicit.