IMF Working Papers

Competitiveness Indicators: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment

By Ian W. Marsh, Stephen Tokarick

March 1, 1994

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Ian W. Marsh, and Stephen Tokarick. Competitiveness Indicators: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This paper discusses five indicators of competitiveness: real exchange rates based on consumer price indices, export unit values of manufacturing goods, the relative price of traded to nontraded goods, normalized unit labor costs in manufacturing, and the ratio of normalized unit labor costs to value-added deflators in manufacturing. It discusses how each of these measures is associated with changes in a country’s balance of trade in goods and nonfactor services and examines the relationship among these indicators. It then examines the empirical performance of three of the indicators in terms of their ability to explain trade flows.

Subject: Consumer price indexes, Exports, Foreign exchange, International trade, Labor, Labor costs, Prices, Real effective exchange rates, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Export unit value, Exportable goods, Exports, Factor service, Goods market, Index computed using consumer price indices, Labor costs, Nominal exchange rate, Price terms, Real effective exchange rates, Real exchange rates, Traded goods, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    52

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1994/029

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0291994

  • ISBN:

    9781451844733

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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