Download or read book Corporate Investment and the Real Exchange Rate written by Mai Chi Dao and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine the relationship between real exchange rate depreciations and indicators of firm performance using data for a sample of more than 30,000 firms from 66 (advanced and emerging market) countries over the 2000-2011 period. We show that depreciations boost profits, investment, and sales of firms that are more financially-constrained and have higher labor shares. These findings are consistent with the view that depreciations boost internal financing opportunities by reducing real wages, thereby spurring investment. We show that these effects on firm performance are enduring, including in the market valuation of firms.