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Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the … real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample … argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We …
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domestic labor force and intersectoral labor mobility. We propose a contrasting theory of the rich neighborhood effect which …
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Using random simulations with artificial data with identical sample characteristics to the long-sample exchange rate data employed by Lothian and Taylor(Lothian, J.R. and Taylor, M.P.(1996). The recent float from the perspective of the past two centuries. Journal of Political Economy 104,...
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exchange rate (REER), on the one hand, and trade openness, trade balance, the terms of trade, factor productivity, and exchange … depreciation of the REER. The other variables considered in the analysis-factor productivity, trade balance, terms of trade, and …
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recommendations to reduce the trade imbalances through productivity-enhancing reforms in advanced economies are likely to yield only …
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recommendations to reduce the trade imbalances through productivity-enhancing reforms in advanced economies are likely to yield only …
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This paper shows that a regional bias resulting from trade integration alters the transmission of a countryś monetary policy by shifting the burden of the exchange rate adjustment towards the less integrated trading partners. I first develop a simple model which illustrates how a concentration...
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This paper shows that regional trade integration shifts the burden of the exchange rate adjustment towards the less integrated trading partners. Thus, they bear the cost of trade balance expansion, while competitive exchange rate moves vis-a-vis RTA trading partners result in no expansion or...
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The paper presents an N-country model with stock markets, in which a closed-form solution for the real exchange rate is derived. Risky asset prices and allocation of risky assets among countries are determined endogenously. Such a framework allows an analysis of how fundamental parameters, such...
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This paper studies the effect of transport infrastructure on the real exchange rate (RER) and reaches two relatively strong conclusions. First, while the list of robust determinants of the RER is not long, transport infrastructure belongs to that list. Many other potential determinants proposed...
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