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It in fact is not exactly a −0.5 interest elasticity, as Schmitt-Grohe and Uribe (2004) point out, but has this value in the case where their parameter is specified at B = 0 and the nominal interest rate is R = 0.
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Gillman, M. Comment on “Price Stability and the Case for Flexible Exchange Rates”. Open Econ Rev 21, 17–21 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-009-9150-8
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