Is the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle Really a Puzzle?

Daniel Levy ()

No 2003-02, Working Papers from Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using the framework of a dynamic intertemporal optimization model of an open economy, it is shown that the long-run investment-saving correlation follows directly from the economy’s dynamic budget constraint and this does not depend on the degree of international capital mobility. Therefore, unless the budget constraint is violated, the time series of investment and saving should be cointegrated, and this should be true for any degree of capital mobility. Using an improved econometric technique, which encompasses the tests used by previous authors and avoids some of the pitfalls associated with their tests, I show that their conflicting findings can be explained by a simple but important, omitted variables problem. Using annual and quarterly post-war U.S. data, I find that investment and saving are cointegrated in levels as well as in rates, regardless of the time period considered, as predicted by the model.

Keywords: Capital Mobility; Investment-Saving Correlation; Dynamic Budget Constraint; Integration and Cointegration; Omitted Variables. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F21 F32 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06
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