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Long-run effects of commodity prices on the real exchange rate: evidence from Argentina

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  • Hildegart Ahumada

    (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

  • Magdalena Cornejo

    (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella)

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The last commodity boom seems to have been a blessing for many commodity-export countries like Argentina, but it may have also had important effects on the exchange rate and economic structure. We develop a cointegration system approach to study a transmission mechanism of commodity prices on the exchange rate. We focus on their relationships with agricultural exports and also with oil imports. The system approach allows us to obtain consistent estimates of long-run effects taking into account possible interactions and testing exogeneity. We found that a rise in commodity prices appreciates the exchange rate when controlling by domestic determinants.

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  • Hildegart Ahumada & Magdalena Cornejo, 2015. "Long-run effects of commodity prices on the real exchange rate: evidence from Argentina," Económica, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, vol. 61, pages 3-33, January-D.
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    Keywords

    Dutch disease; commodity prices; real exchange rate; system cointegration.;
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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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