Real Exchange Rate Levels, Productivity and Demand Shocks

Real Exchange Rate Levels, Productivity and Demand Shocks
Author: Menzie David Chinn
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 33
Release: 1997-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451962169

We investigate the long-run relationship between the real exchange rate, traded and nontraded productivity levels, and government spending for 14 OECD countries, using recently developed panel cointegration tests. The results indicate that under certain assumptions it is easier to detect cointegration in panel data than in the available time series; moreover, the rate of reversion to long-run equilibrium is estimated with greater precision. Using the model augmented by oil prices, we find that in 1991 (the last year productivity data are available) there is less overvaluation of the U.S. dollar than that implied by a naive version of purchasing power parity.

Equilibrium Exchange Rates

Equilibrium Exchange Rates
Author: Ronald MacDonald
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1999-07-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780792384243

How successful is PPP, and its extension in the monetary model, as a measure of the equilibrium exchange rate? What are the determinants and dynamics of equilibrium real exchange rates? How can misalignments be measured, and what are their causes? What are the effects of specific policies upon the equilibrium exchange rate? The answers to these questions are important to academic theorists, policymakers, international bankers and investment fund managers. This volume encompasses all of the competing views of equilibrium exchange rate determination, from PPP, through other reduced form models, to the macroeconomic balance approach. This volume is essentially empirical: what do we know about exchange rates? The different econometric and theoretical approaches taken by the various authors in this volume lead to mutually consistent conclusions. This consistency gives us confidence that significant progress has been made in understanding what are the fundamental determinants of exchange rates and what are the forces operating to bring them back in line with the fundamentals.

Does Productivity Growth Lead to Appreciation of the Real Exchange Rate?

Does Productivity Growth Lead to Appreciation of the Real Exchange Rate?
Author: Man-Keung Tang
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 145185725X

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 tradable prices, rather than through relative prices between tradables and nontradables. Moreover, higher total factor productivity is found, if anything, to lead to depreciation of the real exchange rate. These last two pieces of evidence provide support for the emerging view that limited tradability of goods and services provides scope for the strategic pricing decision, which has material consequences for the aggregate real exchange rate.

Handbook of International Economics

Handbook of International Economics
Author: R.W. Jones
Publisher: North Holland
Total Pages: 654
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Textbook, research papers on international economic theory, economic policy and practice - includes a literature survey of theoretical studies in trade relations; covers evolution of economic models explaining the determinants of trade structure, capital flow, labour mobility, trade in natural resources, etc.; examines macroeconomics aspects of balance of payments, exchange rate, international monetary system, economic relations and dependence, etc. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.

Targeting the Real Exchange Rate

Targeting the Real Exchange Rate
Author: Mr.Guillermo Calvo
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1994-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451921217

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of policies aimed at setting a more depreciated level of the real exchange rate. An intertemporal optimizing model suggests that, in the absence of changes in fiscal policy, a more depreciated level of the real exchange can only be attained temporarily. This can be achieved by means of higher inflation and/or higher real interest rates, depending on the degree of capital mobility. Evidence for Brazil, Chile, and Colombia supports the model’s prediction that undervalued real exchange rates are associated with higher inflation.

Exchange Rate Economics

Exchange Rate Economics
Author: Ronald MacDonald
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign exchange
ISBN: 1134838220

''In summary, the book is valuable as a textbook both at the advanced undergraduate level and at the graduate level. It is also very useful for the economist who wants to be brought up-to-date on theoretical and empirical research on exchange rate behaviour.'' ""Journal of International Economics""

Eurostat-OECD Methodological Manual on Purchasing Power Parities (2012 Edition)

Eurostat-OECD Methodological Manual on Purchasing Power Parities (2012 Edition)
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9264189238

This manual gives a complete, detailed and up-to-date description of the Eurostat-OECD PPP Programme, including its organisation, the various surveys carried out by participating countries and the ways PPPs are calculated and disseminated. It also provides guidance on the use of PPPs.

Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations

Technology Shocks and Aggregate Fluctuations
Author: Mr.Pau Rabanal
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2004-12-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1451875657

Our answer: Not so well. We reached that conclusion after reviewing recent research on the role of technology as a source of economic fluctuations. The bulk of the evidence suggests a limited role for aggregate technology shocks, pointing instead to demand factors as the main force behind the strong positive comovement between output and labor input measures.

Open-Economy Macroeconomics

Open-Economy Macroeconomics
Author: Helmut Frisch
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349128848

The integration of market economies is one of the most remarkable features of international economics, which has important implications for macroeconomic performance in open economies. Equally important is the declining relevance of the real versus the monetary theory dichotomy. These papers focus on those aspects of monetary policy which relate to credibility and non-neutrality; the domestic adjustment to foreign shocks; the interdependence of open economies and their strategic interactions. An important section is also devoted to the innovative modelling of exchange rate dynamics.