Real Exchange Rate Policies for Economic Development

Working Paper No. 23868 This paper analyzes the role of real exchange rate (RER) policies in promoting economic development. Markets provide a suboptimal amount of investment in sectors characterized by learning spillovers. We show that a stable and competitive RER policy may correct for this extern...

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Published in:NBER Working Paper Series 2017-09, p.23868
Main Authors: Guzman, Martin, Ocampo, Jose Antonio, Stiglitz, Joseph E
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Commodities
Competition
Developing countries
Diversification
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic models
Economic theory
Emerging markets
Foreign exchange markets
Foreign exchange rates
International finance
LDCs
Macroeconomics
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School finance
Subsidies
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Competition
Developing countries
Diversification
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic models
Economic theory
Emerging markets
Foreign exchange markets
Foreign exchange rates
International finance
LDCs
Macroeconomics
Monetary policy
School finance
Subsidies
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