Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: New Empirical Evidence

Fabricio Missio, Frederico Jayme Jr, Gustavo Britto and José Luís Oreiro

Metroeconomica, 2015, vol. 66, issue 4, 686-714

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The article empirically analyses the relationship between real exchange rate (RER) and growth rate of output. We first estimate the effect of the index of RER undervaluation on the rate of output growth in two samples of countries from 1978 to 2007. Our contribution is the use of a different dataset that increases the number of countries in the sample, as well as the number of available control variables. In doing so, the article adds to the literature by applying a method that allows for the control of income levels (quantile regressions). So, we present new findings on a non-linear relationship the RER-growth nexus. We conclude that maintaining a competitive level of RER has positive effects on growth rate.

Date: 2015
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