Import Protection, Capital Inflows, and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics

Larry Sjaastad and Meher Manzur
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Meher Manzur: Curtin University of Technology, http://www.curtin.edu.au/

Journal of Applied Economics, 2003, vol. 6, 177-203

Abstract: This paper focuses on the effect of import protection on the response of the real exchange rate to capital flows. The central hypothesis is that barriers to imports blunt the expenditure and production shifting effects of changes in relative prices, and hence the ability of the real exchange rate to equilibrate the economy in response to international capital flows. Employing a cross-section approach, the study focuses on three broadly similar countries but with very different levels of protection: Argentina, Australia, and Canada. The empirical results are consistent with the central hypothesis.

Keywords: import protection; real exchange rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F32 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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