Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Sources of Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations in the Nordic Countries

Sources of Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations in the Nordic Countries In an attempt to move beyond the purchasing power parity hypothesis, this paper addresses two issues. The first concerns the causes of movements in real exchange rates. In contrast to the typical result, supply shocks are found to dominate the long‐run variance decompositions for each of the four Nordic countries under study. This suggests that productivity developments are the most important determinant of long‐run movements in real exchange rates. A second topic is the relative importance of stationary and non‐stationary components of real exchange rates. Also in contrast to previous findings, transitory shocks are more important than permanent shocks for three of the four countries. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Wiley

Sources of Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations in the Nordic Countries

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics , Volume 103 (2) – Jun 1, 2001

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/sources-of-real-exchange-rate-fluctuations-in-the-nordic-countries-3dsX0kHAwG

References (23)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
The Editors of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2001
ISSN
0347-0520
eISSN
1467-9442
DOI
10.1111/1467-9442.00247
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

In an attempt to move beyond the purchasing power parity hypothesis, this paper addresses two issues. The first concerns the causes of movements in real exchange rates. In contrast to the typical result, supply shocks are found to dominate the long‐run variance decompositions for each of the four Nordic countries under study. This suggests that productivity developments are the most important determinant of long‐run movements in real exchange rates. A second topic is the relative importance of stationary and non‐stationary components of real exchange rates. Also in contrast to previous findings, transitory shocks are more important than permanent shocks for three of the four countries.

Journal

The Scandinavian Journal of EconomicsWiley

Published: Jun 1, 2001

There are no references for this article.