@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4038, author={Caporale, Guglielmo Maria and Essid, Thouraya Hadj Amor and Rault, Christophe}, title={International Financial Integration and Real Exchange Rate Long-Run Dynamics in Emerging Countries: Some Panel Evidence}, year={2009}, month={Feb}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={4038}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4038}, abstract={The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004, and carries out “second-generation” tests for non-stationary panels. Several factors, including international financial integration, are shown to drive the long-run RER in emerging countries. It is found that the new financial environment characterised by international financial integration leads to a depreciation of the RER in the long run. Further, RER misalignments take the form of an under-valuation in most MENA countries and an over-valuation in most Latin American and Asian countries.}, keywords={financial integration;real exchange rate;second-generation panel unit root and cointegration tests;misalignment;emerging economies}, }