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Real exchange rate misalignments in CEECs: Have they hindered growth?

Real exchange rate misalignments in CEECs: Have they hindered growth?
Real exchange rate misalignments in CEECs: Have they hindered growth?

We study the impact of exchange rate misalignment on economic activity in nine Central and Eastern European economies. Exchange rate misalignments are computed from country-specific long-run exchange rate relationships with determinants suggested by open macroeconomic models such as interest rate differentials or the Balassa–Samuelson effect. There was a clear reduction in misalignments, but this has been reversed to some extent after 2008. Exchange rate overvaluation has a negative impact on economic activity. The effect of misalignments on economic activity seems to be nonlinear, as overvaluation has a stronger effect than undervaluation. Other factors of economic activity, including institutions, also show nonlinear effects.

Central and Eastern European countries, Growth, Panel smooth transition regression, Real exchange rate misalignments
0340-8744
733-756
Cuestas, Juan Carlos
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Mourelle, Estefanía
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Regis, Paulo José
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Cuestas, Juan Carlos
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Mourelle, Estefanía
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Regis, Paulo José
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Cuestas, Juan Carlos, Mourelle, Estefanía and Regis, Paulo José (2020) Real exchange rate misalignments in CEECs: Have they hindered growth? Empirica, 48 (4), 733-756. (doi:10.1007/s10663-019-09454-5).

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We study the impact of exchange rate misalignment on economic activity in nine Central and Eastern European economies. Exchange rate misalignments are computed from country-specific long-run exchange rate relationships with determinants suggested by open macroeconomic models such as interest rate differentials or the Balassa–Samuelson effect. There was a clear reduction in misalignments, but this has been reversed to some extent after 2008. Exchange rate overvaluation has a negative impact on economic activity. The effect of misalignments on economic activity seems to be nonlinear, as overvaluation has a stronger effect than undervaluation. Other factors of economic activity, including institutions, also show nonlinear effects.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 16 July 2019
Published date: November 2020
Keywords: Central and Eastern European countries, Growth, Panel smooth transition regression, Real exchange rate misalignments

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Local EPrints ID: 439103
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439103
DOI: doi:10.1007/s10663-019-09454-5
ISSN: 0340-8744
PURE UUID: 01de784c-727b-4e0e-b258-32830f4e0de1
ORCID for Paulo José Regis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-464X

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Date deposited: 03 Apr 2020 16:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 05:26

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Author: Juan Carlos Cuestas
Author: Estefanía Mourelle
Author: Paulo José Regis ORCID iD

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