Remoteness and Real Exchange Rate Volatility

Publication Date:

January 1, 2005

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper examines the impact of trade costs on real exchange rate volatility. The channel is examined by constructing a two-country Ricardian model of trade, based on the work of Dornbusch, Fischer, and Samuelson (1977), which shows that higher trade costs result in a larger nontradable sector. This, in turn, leads to higher real exchange rate volatility. We provide empirical evidence supporting the channel.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2005/001

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

January 1, 2005

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451860207/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2005001

Pages:

21

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