Revisiting real exchange rate volatility: Non-traded goods and cointegrated tfp Chockse

Aydan Dogan and Timo Bettendorf
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Timo Bettendorf: Deutsche Bundesbank

No 2018/375, UB School of Economics Working Papers from University of Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: International real business cycle (IRBC) models predict a real exchange rate volatility that is much lower than the levels observed in the data. In this paper, we build a two-country IRBC model with both a traded and a non-traded goods sector, and calibrate it to UK-euro area (EA) data. We provide evidence on the existence of a cointegrating relationship between UK and EA traded sector total factor productivity (TFP) by estimating a vector error correction model (VECM). To account for this relationship, we incorporate non-stationary technology shocks in the traded sectors in our model, and show that then the model is able to match the observed volatility of the UK-EA real exchange rate. Our analysis points out that both the presence of non-traded sectors and non-stationary technology shocks are necessary to account for the observed volatility in the real exchange rate.

Keywords: Real Exchange Rates; Non-traded goods; Cointegration. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 F41 F44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2018
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