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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Main Authors: Eden, Maya, Nguyen, Ha
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16235073/correcting-real-exchange-rate-misalignment-conceptual-practical-issues
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 6045
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Eden, Maya
Nguyen, Ha
author_facet Eden, Maya
Nguyen, Ha
author_sort 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
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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spelling 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