Persistent real misalignments and the role of the exchange rate regime

Abstract

We assess, for a sample of 54 economies, the impact of de facto exchange rate regimes on both the persistence of real exchange misalignments and the average rate of real appreciation. We find that a fixed exchange rate regime reduces the speed of the real exchange rate’s convergence to its equilibrium level. It also increases the average appreciation rate, but only in the case of developing economies. In developed countries, the real exchange rate dynamics is inelastic to the exchange rate regime.