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Real variables and the real exchange rate: The importance of traded goods in the transmission mechanism

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Maxym Chaban () (University of Saskatchewan)

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I find that real variables affect the real exchange rate almost entirely through the relative price of traded goods. This finding casts doubt on the theoretical literature that postulates that real shocks propagate only through the relative price of nontraded goods.

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Volume (Year): 6 (2006)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 1-17
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Keywords: Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis nontraded goods Real exchange rate terms-of-trade traded goods

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F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
F3 - International Economics - - International Finance

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  1. Neary, Peter, 1988. "Determinants of the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 78(1), pages 210-15, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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