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Remoteness and Real Exchange Rate Volatility

January 1, 2005

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Remoteness and Real Exchange Rate Volatility, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 18, 2024
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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.

Subject: Exchange rate adjustments, Exports, Foreign exchange, Income, International trade, National accounts, Real exchange rates, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: Africa, Comparative advantage, Exchange rate adjustments, Exchange rate volatility, Exports, Income, Low income, Nontradable goods, Productivity shock, Real exchange rate volatility, Real exchange rates, Tariffs, Trade cost, Trade costs, Transport cost, Volatility decrease, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    21

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2005/001

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2005001

  • ISBN:

    9781451860207

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941