Between May 2014 and April 2017, the Pound Sterling depreciated substantially against the Dollar. The objectives of this paper are: 1) to investigate how that depreciation affected the main British industries; 2) to verify whether the trade asymmetries following the currency depreciation can be explained by considering the technological features of the industries as represented in the Pavitt Taxonomy. Using an ARDL methodology, our study analyses the effects of this depreciation for the UK with respect to the USA. We employ industry-level data at monthly frequency for the period 2010–2019. In detail, our estimation suggests that only in four industries out of thirty did the Trade Balance improve in the long run, while it worsened in eight. Moreover, our analysis shows that the Pound Sterling's depreciation against the Dollar had a long-run negative effect on the science-based UK industries. Finally, the size of industries does not seem to give clear indications as to long-term dynamics. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Pound Sterling depreciation and the Uk's trade balance versus the USA' s: industry-level estimates / Gobbi, Lucio; Stefano, Lucarelli.. - In: STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS. - ISSN 1873-6017. - 2022, 60:(2022), pp. 206-220. [10.1016/j.strueco.2021.11.010]

Pound Sterling depreciation and the Uk's trade balance versus the USA' s: industry-level estimates

Gobbi, Lucio;
2022-01-01

Abstract

Between May 2014 and April 2017, the Pound Sterling depreciated substantially against the Dollar. The objectives of this paper are: 1) to investigate how that depreciation affected the main British industries; 2) to verify whether the trade asymmetries following the currency depreciation can be explained by considering the technological features of the industries as represented in the Pavitt Taxonomy. Using an ARDL methodology, our study analyses the effects of this depreciation for the UK with respect to the USA. We employ industry-level data at monthly frequency for the period 2010–2019. In detail, our estimation suggests that only in four industries out of thirty did the Trade Balance improve in the long run, while it worsened in eight. Moreover, our analysis shows that the Pound Sterling's depreciation against the Dollar had a long-run negative effect on the science-based UK industries. Finally, the size of industries does not seem to give clear indications as to long-term dynamics. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2022
Gobbi, Lucio; Stefano, Lucarelli.
Pound Sterling depreciation and the Uk's trade balance versus the USA' s: industry-level estimates / Gobbi, Lucio; Stefano, Lucarelli.. - In: STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS. - ISSN 1873-6017. - 2022, 60:(2022), pp. 206-220. [10.1016/j.strueco.2021.11.010]
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