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Review of Financial Studies Vol. 36 No. 8 2023

Dollar and Exports

Valentina Bruno1; Hyun Song Shin2

1 American University , USA · 2 Bank for International Settlements , Switzerland

Abstract

The strength of the U.S. dollar has attributes of a barometer of dollar credit conditions, with a stronger dollar associated with tighter dollar credit conditions. We find that following dollar appreciation, exporters that are more reliant on dollar-funded bank credit suffer a greater decline in credit and slowdown in exports, including those exporting to the United States. Our findings shed light on the role of the U.S. dollar in the interaction between financial globalization and international trade and show a novel channel of exchange rate transmission that goes in the opposite direction to the competitiveness channel.

DOI
10.1093/rfs/hhad005
Volume
36
Issue
8
Pages
2963-2996
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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