Does real exchange rate undervaluation really promote economic growth?

Real Exchange Rate Volatility, Economic Growth and the Euro

This paper studies the effect of real effective exchange rate (REER) volatility on economic growth as well as the euro’s effect on REER volatility. We first show that, after a plausible endogeneity correction, REER volatility is negatively associated with growth in a 1980~2011 panel of OECD countries. One standard deviation volatility decrease is associated with about two percentage points (0.8...

Does the Mortality Decline Promote Economic Growth?

This paper analyzes qualitatively and quantitatively the effects of declining mortality rates on fertility, education and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that if individuals are prudent in the face of uncertainty about child survival, a decline in an exogenous mortality rate reduces precautionary demand for children and increases parental investment in each child. Once mortality is e...

Real Exchange Rate Misalignments and Growth

____________________ The research presented in this paper is work that Ofair Razin completed for his doctoral dissertation. It was a pleasure to advise him in his doctoral work and to prepare this paper for publication, in his memory.

the effects of real exchange rate uncertainty on economic growth in iran

this paper evaluates the real exchange rate fluctuations and uncertainties resulting from it, in the iranian economy. for this purpose, at first indirect effect of real exchange rate uncertainties on economic growth through foreign investment, private investment and exports are expressed, then the real exchange rate uncertainties and its relationship with economic growth and final pattern of in...

Effects of Financial Liberalization on Macroeconomic Volatilities: Applications to Economic Growth, Exchange Rate and Exchange Rate Pass-Through