Using a dataset of 101 countries over the 1960-2011 period, we examine the relationship between the real effective exchange rate (REER), on the one hand, and trade openness, trade balance, the terms of trade, factor productivity, and exchange rate regime, on the other one. We use new econometric...

African countries have over the years experienced persistent current account deficits. The role of asymmetries in explaining the response of trade balance to exchange rate movement has not received adequate attention as linear models dominate extant empirical literature. In this paper, we...

Theoretically economic growth could have negative effects over the growing economy when production expands for products the world demand for which is inelastic. If growth occurs in sectors and for products the world demand for which is elastic it could be expected that total revenues to domestic...

Das Statistische Bundesamt veröffentlicht neben dem realen Bruttoinlandsprodukt auch den Realwert des Bruttoinlandsprodukts. Die beiden Schlüsselindikatoren unterscheiden sich um den Terms-of-Trade-Effekt. Im Ergebnis für das Jahr 2018 musste die deutsche Wirtschaft zum zweiten Mal in Folge...

Das preisbereinigte Bruttoinlandsprodukt gilt als der umfassende Maßstab für die wirtschaftliche Leistung einer Volkswirtschaft. Seit geraumer Zeit gibt es in der Wirtschaftsstatistik einen weiteren Schlüsselindikator, nämlich das im Inland entstandene Realeinkommen. Die beiden Indikatoren...

This article challenges the view that a lack of competition and a high level of regulations are the main causes of Switzerland's high prices. First, we point out a number of stylized facts which are inconsistent with this popular view. Second, we econometrically asses the "competition-regulation...

Real Exchange rate is an important player in the growth of the economy as it may lead to higher export by stabilizing currency value at any specific level. This study aims to analyze the determinants of real exchange rate in Pakistan. Time series data is collected from 1972 - 73 to 2012 - 13....

The aim of this paper is to identify the different shocks that could affect the current account in the argentine case, such as the terms of trade (the Harberger-Laursen-Metzler effect- HLM), supply shocks (productivity), demand shocks (real exchange rate and public consumption /current GDP) and...