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New Developmentalism: beyond competitive exchange rate

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  • José Luis Oreiro

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The aim of this article is to show that the achievement of a competitive level for real exchange rate is a necessary, although not sufficient condition for the catching-up of middle-income countries to developed countries. It is also required a change in the long-term expectations of real exchange rate by entrepreneurs which requires the elimination of the underlying causes of the tendency of overvaluation of real exchange rate, that encompass the Dutch Disease and capital account liberalization. Due to the existence of technological gap, industrial equilibrium exchange rate in middle-income countries may be higher enough to compensate domestic firms for their technological backwardness relative to firms of developed countries. This means that there is a space for Industrial and Science and Technology Policies in the New-Developmentalist theoretical framework. JEL Classification: O11; O25; O40.

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  • José Luis Oreiro, 2020. "New Developmentalism: beyond competitive exchange rate," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 40(2), pages 238-242.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:40:y:2020:i:2:p:238-242:id:687
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    1. Abdallah, Ali, 2022. "Dépréciation réelle de la monnaie et croissance économique [Can real currency depreciation lead growth?]," MPRA Paper 113183, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Jose Luis da Costa Oreiro & Stefan Wilson d'Amato & Luciano Luiz Manarin D'Agostini & Paulo Sergio de Oliveira Simoes Gala, 2022. "Measuring the technological backwardness of middle-and low-income countries: The employment quality gap and its relationship with the per capita income gap," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 75(301), pages 139-159.
    3. Jose Luis Oreiro & Kalinka Martins da Silva, 2022. "Structuralist Development Macroeconomics and New Developmentalism: Theoretical Foundations and Recent Developments," Working Papers PKWP2204, Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES).
    4. Hugo Iasco-Pereira & Fabricio José Missio, 2022. "Would a competitive real exchange rate be a driver of economic prosperity?," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 75(303), pages 355-383.

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    Keywords

    New Developmentalism; industrial equilibrium; Dutch Disease; capital flows;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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