HOW THE COMPOSITION OF EXPORTS IS AFFECTED BY THE EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY IN BRAZIL

Given the adoption of a floating exchange rate, after Bretton Woods’ monetary system collapse, many countries started to face an increase on exchange ratevariability, with several consequences for their economies. The main objective of thisstudy consists on analyzing the effects of the exchange rate...

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Autores: Bittencourt, Mauricio Vaz Lobo, Correa, Natássia Zanotto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Análise Econômica (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/84331
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/AnaliseEconomica/article/view/84331
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Volatilidade
Taxa de Câmbio
Composição Comercial
Exportações setoriais
F1
F14
F19
Volatility
Exchange rate
Trade composition
Sectoral exports
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Sumario:Given the adoption of a floating exchange rate, after Bretton Woods’ monetary system collapse, many countries started to face an increase on exchange ratevariability, with several consequences for their economies. The main objective of thisstudy consists on analyzing the effects of the exchange rate volatility on the Braziliantrade in a sectoral level, saying it differently, on the composition of Brazilian exports. For this purpose, the volume exported from Brazil to its main trading partners from 2001 to 2017 is considered, and, subsequently, the products are classified into three categories (basic, semi-manufactured and manufactured). From such a grouping, the composition of the exports is defined by the share of each product category in the total volume exported to the respective partners. Additionally, this variable was used as dependent in a gravity trade model, which was estimated by a pooled OLS, panel econometrics and PPML. Main results indicate that the exchange rate volatility has an adverse effect only on manufactured sector, with positive impact on exports of basic products and no significant impact on semi-manufactured exports.