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Discussion Paper
How Global Value Chains Change the Trade-Currency Relationship
This note summarizes the main results of the de Soyres et al. (2018) paper, drawing out the most policy-relevant implications.
Working Paper
Bought, Sold and Bought Again: The Impact of Complex Value Chains on Export Elasticities
Global value chain (GVC) participation affects the relationship between trade volumes and exchange rate movements. Guided by a simple theory, we show that exports react to the exchange rate between the country producing value added contained in exports and the country of final absorption for this value added. Three predictions follow: (i) a higher share of foreign value added in exports reduce the responsiveness of export volumes to exchange rate changes, (ii) a greater share of exports that returns as imports also reduce the responsiveness of export volumes and (iii) a higher share of inputs ...