Modern services, real exchange rate and economic growth

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper explores the effects of changes in the real exchange rate (RER) level on the performance of the modern services sector. The hypothesis is that sustaining a competitive RER contributes to improving the performance of modern services. To do so, we estimated econometric models based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) for a sample of 24 countries between 2000 and 2014. The results suggest that the RER positively affects the modern services sector in terms of output, employment, and a structural change index.

Keywords

• Economic growth
• real exchange rate
• structural change
• modern services