Corporate investment and the real exchange rate
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چکیده
We examine the relationship between real exchange rate fluctuations and firm-level investment growth using data for a sample of close to 33,000 firms from 68 advanced emerging market countries over 2000–2014 period. show that depreciations boost profits, investment, asset tradable sector have higher labor shares are relatively more financially constrained. These findings consistent with an “internal financing channel” whereby profits by reducing product wages, spurring labor-intensive but financially-constrained firms. Our results robust controlling alternative channels through which rates affect corporate including via direct competitiveness gains, balance sheet mismatch, costs imported intermediate inputs, aggregate credit supply.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of International Economics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0022-1996', '1873-0353']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2021.103437