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Paul R. Bergin

Paul Bergin is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis. He also is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and an international research fellow with the Kiel °ËØÔ±¬ÁÏ. Professor Bergin serves as associate editor of the Journal of International Economics and on the editorial board of Pacific Economic Review and Contemporary Economic Policy.

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Beyond Competitive Devaluations: The Monetary Dimensions of Comparative Advantage

Paper Working paper | | May 2015

Motivated by the long-standing debate on the pros and cons of competitive devaluation, we propose a new perspective on how monetary and exchange rate policies can contribute to a country’s international competitiveness. We refocus the analysis on the implications of monetary stabilization for a country’s comparative advantage.