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Intertemporal Substitution and Terms‐of‐Trade Shocks
Author(s) -
Cashin Paul,
McDermott C. John
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
review of international economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-9396
pISSN - 0965-7576
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9396.00406
Subject(s) - economics , substitution (logic) , elasticity of substitution , consumption (sociology) , monetary economics , econometrics , terms of trade , macroeconomics , production (economics) , social science , sociology , computer science , programming language
The paper examines the relationship between transitory terms‐of‐trade shocks and private saving. Using a model allowing for nonseparability between the consumption of tradables and nontradables, the paper estimates the intertemporal elasticity of substitution while accounting for the intratemporal elasticity of substitution between the consumption of tradables and nontradables. Empirical analysis of data for five industrial countries indicates that in response to transitory terms‐of‐trade shocks, intertemporal substitution of consumption and intratemporal substitution of consumption between tradables and nontradables both have large effects on private saving.