On floating exchange rates, currency depreciation and effective demand: a comment*

From: Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Sarcinelli, Mario | Copyright information

The paper "On floating exchange rates, currency depreciation, and effective demand " by Julio Lopez and Ignacio Perottini (LP 2006 from now on) is rather simple and straightforward, but also middle of the road; mindful of the complexities of our world, which does not allow unequivocal explanations or solutions, the authors state (p. 235):

"It should be noted that when we contend that currency depreciation may be detrimental to effective demand, we are not advancing a general inference ...

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