Does the exchange rate regime matter for real shocks? Evidence from windstorms and earthquakes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ramcharan, Rodney
• 署名单位: International Monetary Fund
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2006.12.004
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 31-47
• 关键词: Exchange rates; economic adjustment; shocks

摘要

Does the choice of exchange rate regime affect an economy's adjustment to real shocks? Exploiting the unpredictability and economic exogeniety of windstorms-hurricanes and typhoons-and earthquakes this paper assesses the often contrasting answers found in the theoretical literature. There is robust evidence that exchange rate flexibility helps an economy better adjust to real shocks. And consistent with the channels emphasized in the classic literature on exchange rates and shocks, differences in the behavior of the export sector help explain the different reactions between the two regimes. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.