Author : Carlos Urrutia,Felipe Meza
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451982077
Financial Liberalization, Structural Change, and Real Exchange Rate Appreciations by Carlos Urrutia,Felipe Meza Pdf
We account for the appreciation of the real exchange rate in Mexico between 1988 and 2002 using a two sector dynamic general equilibrium model of a small open economy with two driving forces: (i) differential productivity growth across sectors and (ii) a decline in the cost of borrowing in foreign markets. These two mechanisms account for 60 percent of the decline in the relative price of tradable goods and explain a large fraction of the reallocation of labor across sectors. We do not find a significant role for migration remittances, foreign reserves accumulation, government spending, terms of trade, or import tariffs.