The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil

ABSTRACT We analyze the hypothesis that variations on manufacturing investment are influenced by the difference between the real effective and industrial equilibrium exchange rates and by the difference between the current account and industrial equilibrium exchange rates (a proxy for the Dutch dise...

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Main Authors: NELSON MARCONI, TIAGO COUTO PORTO, ELIANE ARAUJO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora 34 2022-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
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description ABSTRACT We analyze the hypothesis that variations on manufacturing investment are influenced by the difference between the real effective and industrial equilibrium exchange rates and by the difference between the current account and industrial equilibrium exchange rates (a proxy for the Dutch disease). The current account equilibrium exchange rate is defined as the rate that guarantees that the current account of a country is balanced intertemporally, and the industrial equilibrium exchange rate corresponds to the rate that makes competitive those companies producing internationally tradable non-commodities goods and services in the so-called state-of-art. First, the concepts and methodologies for estimating the current account and industrial equilibrium exchange rate are explained. Then, to test our hypothesis, a database for 24 Brazilian manufacturing sectors was built from 2007 to 2017. A dynamic panel data model was adopted to estimate the relationship between these currency misalignments and the manufacturing investment. The results suggest that the magnitude of those differences influences investment decisions, potentially contributing to economic growth and development.
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spelling doaj.art-46dae01c8ee24e2ba40ad86b49923e072022-12-22T03:54:36ZengEditora 34Brazilian Journal of Political Economy1809-45382022-12-0142485387510.1590/0101-31572022-3435The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in BrazilNELSON MARCONIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-5305TIAGO COUTO PORTOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0023-7801ELIANE ARAUJOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-2508ABSTRACT We analyze the hypothesis that variations on manufacturing investment are influenced by the difference between the real effective and industrial equilibrium exchange rates and by the difference between the current account and industrial equilibrium exchange rates (a proxy for the Dutch disease). The current account equilibrium exchange rate is defined as the rate that guarantees that the current account of a country is balanced intertemporally, and the industrial equilibrium exchange rate corresponds to the rate that makes competitive those companies producing internationally tradable non-commodities goods and services in the so-called state-of-art. First, the concepts and methodologies for estimating the current account and industrial equilibrium exchange rate are explained. Then, to test our hypothesis, a database for 24 Brazilian manufacturing sectors was built from 2007 to 2017. A dynamic panel data model was adopted to estimate the relationship between these currency misalignments and the manufacturing investment. The results suggest that the magnitude of those differences influences investment decisions, potentially contributing to economic growth and development.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572022000400853&tlng=enReal exchange ratesmanufacturing investment.
spellingShingle NELSON MARCONI
TIAGO COUTO PORTO
ELIANE ARAUJO
The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
Real exchange rates
manufacturing investment.
title The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil
title_full The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil
title_fullStr The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil
title_short The impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in Brazil
title_sort impact of exchange rate misalignments on manufacturing investment in brazil
topic Real exchange rates
manufacturing investment.
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