Arbeitspapier

Real Effective Exchange Rate Misalignment in the Euro Area: A Counterfactual Analysis

Were real effective exchange rates (REER) of Euro area member countries drastically misaligned at the outbreak of the global financial crisis? The answer is difficult to determine because economic theory gives no simple guideline for determining the equilibrium values of real exchange rates, and the determinants of those values might have been distorted as well. To overcome these limitations, we use synthetic matching to construct a counterfactual economy for each member as a linear combination of a large set of non-Euro area countries. We find that Euro area crisis countries are best described by a mixture of advanced and emerging economies. Comparing the actual REER with those of the counterfactuals gives sensible estimates of the misalignments at the start of the crisis: All peripheral countries were strongly overvalued, while high undervaluation is only observed for Finland.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IWH Discussion Papers ; No. 6/2014

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
Thema
REER misalignment
Euro breakup
synthetic matching

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
El-Shagi, Makram
Lindner, Axel
von Schweinitz, Gregor
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
(wo)
Halle (Saale)
(wann)
2014

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-28859
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • El-Shagi, Makram
  • Lindner, Axel
  • von Schweinitz, Gregor
  • Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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