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8.2. DORNBUSCH’S DYNAMIC MUNDELL—FLEMING MODEL237rLM(1)r*FF(2)y 0y 1ISyFigure 8.6: An increase in the world interest rate generates an incipientcapital outßow, leading to a depreciation and an outward shift in theIS curve.8.2 Dornbusch’s Dynamic Mundell—FlemingModelAs we saw in Chapter 3, the exchange rate in a free ßoat behaves muchlike stock prices. In particular, it exhibits more volatility than <strong>macroe</strong>conomicfundamentals such as the money supply and real GDP. Dornbusch[39] presents a dynamic version of the Mundell—Fleming modelthat explains excess exchange rate volatility in a deterministic perfectforesight setting. The key feature of the model is that the asset marketadjusts to shocks instantaneously while goods market adjustment takestime.The money market is continuously in equilibrium which is representedby the LM curve, restated here asm − p = φy − λi. (8.6)To allow for possible disequilibrium in the goods market, let y denoteactual output which is assumed to be Þxed, andy d denote the demandfor home output. The demand for domestic goods depends on the real

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