Recent literature suggests that a proactive strategy consisting of deliberate real exchange rate depreciation can promote exports diversification and growth. This paper is built on these recent developments and investigates whether four developing countries have adopted such a strategy. Data...

This paper contributes to a current and intense debate among economists on whether real exchange rate undervaluation can boost growth. It focuses on addressing econometric and empirical issues that casts doubt about the validity of such positive impact. It also allows for the possibilities that...

Since the advent of revolution in Iran, the Iranian rial has lost its nominal and real values by more than 40 times. What could explain this decline? In this paper, I identify the decline in relative productivity between Iran and her seven major trading partners as the major cause of the decline...