Exchange rate regimes, devaluations and growth collapses

Bleaney, Michael, Saxena, Sweta and Yin, Lin (2018) Exchange rate regimes, devaluations and growth collapses. Journal of Macroeconomics, 57 . pp. 15-25. ISSN 0164-0704

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Abstract

The loss of output in major recessions tends to be permanent. Using IMF de facto exchange rate regime classifications over the period 1980 to 2012 for up to 193 countries, it is shown that growth collapses are more frequent under less flexible exchange rate regimes, and particularly hard pegs. Amongst intermediate regimes, those with recent devaluations are less likely to experience a growth collapse, which confirms the role of exchange rate adjustment in reducing the output effects of a negative shock. Our findings are robust to the marked shift in the pattern of growth collapses after the global financial crisis.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/950381
Keywords: exchange rate regimes, devaluations, growth collapses, global financial crisis
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2018.05.002
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 15 May 2018 13:11
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:49
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/51798

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