Strong euro less harmful for developing trade

The euro's strength has a weaker effect on the competitiveness of euro-area exports when the destination is a developing country, finds new research from the European Central Bank.

The paper shows that the negative impact of real exchange rate fluctuations on exports is reduced when:

· the destination has poor quality institutions;

· the country is more distant; and

· the efficiency of customs is low both in the importing and exporting countries.

The paper looks at a sample of OECD exporting

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