, to economically and statistically significant declines in domestic output and productivity. Tariff increases also result …. The effects on output and productivity tend to be magnified when tariffs rise during expansions, for advanced economies …

This paper explains in detail the construction of series for productivity in the traded and nontraded sectors for a … panel of 56 countries spanning 1989–2012. The level of productivity in each sector is defined as real value added per … more disaggregated industry source data; and (ii) it allows for meaningful comparisons of the level of productivity across …

This paper seeks to investigate the transmission mechanisms linking productivity to the real exchange rate in the … former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. At first glance, the stylized facts-low labor productivity growth and a trend real …

that these appreciations reflect underlying productivity gains in the tradable sector. Using panel data over the period … 1993-98, the results show clear evidence of productivity-driven exchange rate movements in the central and eastern European … expect to experience further productivity-driven real exchange rate appreciations. Evidence from a large cross-section of non …

We revisit the time-honored link between productivity and the real exchange rate. Consistent with the traditional view …, we find that higher labor productivity tends to lead to appreciation of the real exchange rate. Contrary to the … traditional view, however, we find that the positive productivity effect is transmitted through the real exchange rate based on …

We investigate the long-run relationship between the real exchange rate, traded and nontraded productivity levels, and … find that in 1991 (the last year productivity data are available) there is less overvaluation of the U.S. dollar than that …

US dollar real exchange rates, we derive long-run coefficients for relative productivity and competitiveness in the …