The impact of exchange rate uncertainty on the disaggregated imports of the UK is investigated by focusing on 15 major manufacturing categories. Contrary to several previous theoretical and empirical studies, this paper finds no evidence that exchange rate uncertainty has a positive impact on international trade. An important implication of this study for UK macroeconomic policy is that adoption of the euro would have, in terms of its effect on exchange rate risk, a positive impact on the country's trade and economic welfare.
Download Info
To download:
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the
proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained
in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read
the IDEAS help
file. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS
site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version under "Related research" (further below) or search for a different version of it.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Christopher F. Baum).
Related research
Keywords:
References listed on IDEAS Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.: