Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63177 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 2003,02
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
To determine whether the real exchange rate is misaligned with respect to its long-run equilibrium is an important issue for policy makers. This paper clarifies and calculates the concept of the equilibrium real exchange rate, using a structural vector autoregression (VAR) model. By imposing long-run restrictions on a VAR model for Venezuela, four structural shocks are identified: Nominal demand, real demand, supply and oil price shocks. The identified shocks and their impulse responses are consistent with an open economy model of economic fluctuations and highlight the roleof the exchange rate in the transmission mechanism of an oil-producing country.
Subjects: 
Exchange rate fluctuations
purchasing power parity
structural VAR
JEL: 
C32
E32
F31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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