Correcting Real Exchange Rate Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues
This paper studies the issue of real exchange rate misalignment and the difficulties in settling international real exchange rate disputes. The authors show theoretically that determining when a country should be sanctioned for real exchange rate &...
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ACCESS TO INSURANCE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES ADVERSE SHOCKS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE SUPPLY ASSET VALUE BANK POLICY BANKING CRISIS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BONDS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUFFER CAPITAL CONTROLS COLLATERAL COLLATERALIZATION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION BASKETS CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONSUMPTION PATH CONSUMPTION PLAN CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEPRECIATION DEPRECIATIONS DEPRESSION DEVALUATIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTORTION DISTORTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC GOOD DOMESTIC GOODS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC SAVING DOMESTIC SAVINGS DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING ECONOMY EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION EXCHANGE RATE DETERMINATION EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENTS EXCHANGE RATE NEED EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXCHANGE RATE TARGETING EXPENDITURES EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL POLICY FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN ASSET FOREIGN ASSET POSITION FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN INTEREST FOREIGN INTEREST RATE FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESERVE FOREIGN RESERVES FUTURE REAL EXCHANGE RATE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROWTH RATE HOLDING IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST PARITY INTEREST RATE DECLINES INTEREST RATE PARITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC BALANCE MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTATION MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE MONETARY EXPANSION MONEY DEMAND MONEY SUPPLIES MONEY SUPPLY MONOPOLY MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL SECURITY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NET EXPORTS NOMINAL DEPRECIATION NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE NOMINAL INTEREST RATE OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT GROWTH PARETO EFFICIENCY POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS MOTIVE PRICE CONTROLS PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE OF EXPORTS PRICE OF OIL PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY RATE OF RETURN REAL COST REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENTS REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP RECESSION RECESSIONS RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RESERVE ACCUMULATION RETURN RETURNS RISK SHARING SAFETY NETS SAVINGS RATES SCATTER PLOTS SETTLEMENT SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY SPOT MARKET STOCK HOLDERS STOCK PRICE TAX TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TAXATION TRADABLE GOOD TRADABLE GOODS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE RESTRICTION TRADING TRADING PARTNERS UNDERVALUATION VALUATION WAGES WEIGHTS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD INTEREST RATE WORLD PRICE |
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ACCESS TO INSURANCE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES ADVERSE SHOCKS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE SUPPLY ASSET VALUE BANK POLICY BANKING CRISIS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BONDS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUFFER CAPITAL CONTROLS COLLATERAL COLLATERALIZATION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION BASKETS CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONSUMPTION PATH CONSUMPTION PLAN CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEPRECIATION DEPRECIATIONS DEPRESSION DEVALUATIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTORTION DISTORTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC GOOD DOMESTIC GOODS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC SAVING DOMESTIC SAVINGS DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING ECONOMY EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION EXCHANGE RATE DETERMINATION EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENTS EXCHANGE RATE NEED EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXCHANGE RATE TARGETING EXPENDITURES EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL POLICY FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN ASSET FOREIGN ASSET POSITION FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN INTEREST FOREIGN INTEREST RATE FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESERVE FOREIGN RESERVES FUTURE REAL EXCHANGE RATE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROWTH RATE HOLDING IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST PARITY INTEREST RATE DECLINES INTEREST RATE PARITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC BALANCE MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTATION MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE MONETARY EXPANSION MONEY DEMAND MONEY SUPPLIES MONEY SUPPLY MONOPOLY MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL SECURITY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NET EXPORTS NOMINAL DEPRECIATION NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE NOMINAL INTEREST RATE OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT GROWTH PARETO EFFICIENCY POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS MOTIVE PRICE CONTROLS PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE OF EXPORTS PRICE OF OIL PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY RATE OF RETURN REAL COST REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENTS REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP RECESSION RECESSIONS RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RESERVE ACCUMULATION RETURN RETURNS RISK SHARING SAFETY NETS SAVINGS RATES SCATTER PLOTS SETTLEMENT SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY SPOT MARKET STOCK HOLDERS STOCK PRICE TAX TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TAXATION TRADABLE GOOD TRADABLE GOODS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE RESTRICTION TRADING TRADING PARTNERS UNDERVALUATION VALUATION WAGES WEIGHTS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD INTEREST RATE WORLD PRICE Eden, Maya Nguyen, Ha Correcting Real Exchange Rate Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues |
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Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 6045 |
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This paper studies the issue of real
exchange rate misalignment and the difficulties in settling
international real exchange rate disputes. The authors show
theoretically that determining when a country should be
sanctioned for real exchange rate "manipulations"
is difficult: in some situations a country's real
exchange rate targeting can be beneficial to other
countries, while in others it is not. Regardless, it is
difficult to establish whether a misaligned real exchange
rate is intentionally manipulated rather than
unintentionally caused by other policies or by various
distortions in the economy. The paper continues by
illustrating the difficulty in measuring real exchange rate
misalignment, and provides a critical assessment of existing
methodologies. It concludes by proposing a new method for
measuring real exchange rate misalignment based on
differences in marginal products between producers of
tradable and non-tradable goods. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Eden, Maya Nguyen, Ha |
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Eden, Maya Nguyen, Ha |
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Eden, Maya |
title |
Correcting Real Exchange Rate
Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues |
title_short |
Correcting Real Exchange Rate
Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues |
title_full |
Correcting Real Exchange Rate
Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues |
title_fullStr |
Correcting Real Exchange Rate
Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues |
title_full_unstemmed |
Correcting Real Exchange Rate
Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues |
title_sort |
correcting real exchange rate
misalignment : conceptual and practical issues |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16235073/correcting-real-exchange-rate-misalignment-conceptual-practical-issues http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6048 |
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okr-10986-60482021-04-23T14:02:24Z Correcting Real Exchange Rate Misalignment : Conceptual and Practical Issues Eden, Maya Nguyen, Ha ACCESS TO INSURANCE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES ADVERSE SHOCKS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE SUPPLY ASSET VALUE BANK POLICY BANKING CRISIS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BONDS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUFFER CAPITAL CONTROLS COLLATERAL COLLATERALIZATION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION BASKETS CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONSUMPTION PATH CONSUMPTION PLAN CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES CURRENT ACCOUNTS DEPRECIATION DEPRECIATIONS DEPRESSION DEVALUATIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTORTION DISTORTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC GOOD DOMESTIC GOODS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC SAVING DOMESTIC SAVINGS DUMMY VARIABLE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING ECONOMY EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION EXCHANGE RATE DETERMINATION EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENTS EXCHANGE RATE NEED EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXCHANGE RATE TARGETING EXPENDITURES EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL POLICY FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN ASSET FOREIGN ASSET POSITION FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN INTEREST FOREIGN INTEREST RATE FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN RESERVE FOREIGN RESERVES FUTURE REAL EXCHANGE RATE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROWTH RATE HOLDING IMPORTS INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST PARITY INTEREST RATE DECLINES INTEREST RATE PARITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL PRICE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LIBERALIZATION MACROECONOMIC BALANCE MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTATION MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE MONETARY EXPANSION MONEY DEMAND MONEY SUPPLIES MONEY SUPPLY MONOPOLY MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL SECURITY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NET EXPORTS NOMINAL DEPRECIATION NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE NOMINAL INTEREST RATE OPTIMIZATION OUTPUT GROWTH PARETO EFFICIENCY POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES POSITIVE EXTERNALITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS MOTIVE PRICE CONTROLS PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE OF EXPORTS PRICE OF OIL PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY RATE OF RETURN REAL COST REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENTS REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP RECESSION RECESSIONS RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RESERVE ACCUMULATION RETURN RETURNS RISK SHARING SAFETY NETS SAVINGS RATES SCATTER PLOTS SETTLEMENT SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY SPOT MARKET STOCK HOLDERS STOCK PRICE TAX TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUES TAXATION TRADABLE GOOD TRADABLE GOODS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE RESTRICTION TRADING TRADING PARTNERS UNDERVALUATION VALUATION WAGES WEIGHTS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD INTEREST RATE WORLD PRICE This paper studies the issue of real exchange rate misalignment and the difficulties in settling international real exchange rate disputes. The authors show theoretically that determining when a country should be sanctioned for real exchange rate "manipulations" is difficult: in some situations a country's real exchange rate targeting can be beneficial to other countries, while in others it is not. Regardless, it is difficult to establish whether a misaligned real exchange rate is intentionally manipulated rather than unintentionally caused by other policies or by various distortions in the economy. The paper continues by illustrating the difficulty in measuring real exchange rate misalignment, and provides a critical assessment of existing methodologies. It concludes by proposing a new method for measuring real exchange rate misalignment based on differences in marginal products between producers of tradable and non-tradable goods. 2012-04-27T07:44:35Z 2012-04-27T07:44:35Z 2012-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16235073/correcting-real-exchange-rate-misalignment-conceptual-practical-issues http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6048 English Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 6045 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |