Does the real exchange rate influence the manufacturing value added?

Le taux de change réel influence-t-il la valeur ajoutée manufacturière ?

Mohamed Chaffai and Patrick Plane ()
Additional contact information
Mohamed Chaffai: جامعة صفاقس - Université de Sfax - University of Sfax
Patrick Plane: FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International, CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: A haircut is more expensive in the United States than in Mali. However, this does not mean that Malian hairdressers are less productive or skilled. The price difference stems from higher productivity in tradable goods in the United States compared to Mali. This productivity gap spills over into the prices and wages of non-tradable goods. It is therefore essential to address this imbalance by aiming to equalize goods prices and account for international productivity differences in tradable sectors. This regulation —through the real exchange rate— can influence the development of the manufacturing sector and its contribution to value added.

Keywords: Manufacturing sector; Undervaluation; Overvaluation; Linearity; Real exchange rate; Secteur manufacturier; Sous-évaluation; Surévaluation; Linéarité; Taux de change réel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-05-20
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-inv
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://uca.hal.science/hal-05385172v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in 2025

Downloads: (external link)
https://uca.hal.science/hal-05385172v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05385172

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().