Inventory Investment in ‘Commodity’ Exports

  • Alan A. Powell
  • Christopher W. Murphy
Part of the Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems book series (LNE, volume 428)

Abstract

The notation in this section is generic; it is made specific in its applications below to inventory investment in the exportable ‘commodity’ (whose production level is Xc), and later in Chapter 19 to inventory investment in the domestic good (whose output is YD). for current purposes, define
$$S = Stock\;of\;inventories\;at\;the\;end\;of\;the\;current\;quarter;$$
(17.1.1a)
$${F_S} = flow\;of\;inventories\;during\;the\;current\;quarter;$$
(17.1.1b)
where Fs > 0 implies a build up, and Fs < 0 a run down. Under the assumption that physical depreciation/deterioration is negligible, the identity linking inventory investment Fs to stocks is
$${F_S}(t) + S(t - 1) = S(t)$$
(17.1.2)
, where S(t) is the outgoing stock at the end of quarter t, and Fs(t) is the flow during that quarter.

Keywords

Rainfall Index Commodity Export Inventory Investment Climatic Condition Variable Natural Growth Rate 
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References

  1. 17.
    Murphy (1992a), p. II—33 (04/05/92).Google Scholar
  2. 18.
    Ibid., p. II—34 (04/05/92).Google Scholar
  3. 19.
    Murphy (1992a), p. II—35 (04/05/92).Google Scholar
  4. 20.
    Keep in mind that the ’current value of the rainfall index is an indicator of lagged rainfall conditions relevant to output in the current period.Google Scholar

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

Authors and Affiliations

  • Alan A. Powell
    • 1
  • Christopher W. Murphy
    • 2
  1. 1.Impact Research CentreMonash UniversityClaytonAustralia
  2. 2.ECONTECHKingstonAustralia

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