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The Euro/Dollar exchange rate: Chaotic or non-chaotic?
Federici, Daniela; Gandolfo, Giancarlo - 2011
econometrically estimated in continuous time with Euro/Dollar data and examined for the possible presence of chaotic motion. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274880
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Monetary policy spillovers and emerging market credit: The impact of Federal Reserve communications on sovereign CDS spreads
Fender, Ingo; Hayo, Bernd; Neuenkirch, Matthias - 2011
In this paper, we study the effects of US target rate changes and related communications by members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on spreads for emerging market sovereign credit default swaps (CDS). Using GARCH models, we find that during the pre-financial crisis sub-sample (April...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286429
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Inter-temporal savings, current account dynamics and asymmetric shocks in a heterogeneous European Monetary Union
Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - 2010
In the current debate on the reasons and implications of the Greek and Irish euro crisis, the intra-European current … imbalances since the euro introduction and thereby the current European debt crisis. Based on this finding we argue that an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275023
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Fool the markets?: Creative accounting, fiscal transparency and sovereign risk premia
Bernoth, Kerstin; Wolff, Guntram B. - 2006
We investigate the effects of official fiscal data and creative accounting signals on interest rate spreads between bond yields in the European Union. Our model predicts that risk premia contained in government bond spreads should increase in both the official fiscal position and the expected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263922
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The behavioural zloty/euro equilibrium exchange rate
Beza-Bojanowska, Joanna; MacDonald, Ronald - 2009
Poland is obligated to adopt the euro after the fulfilment, inter alia, of the exchange rate criterion which requires … estimate real Polish zloty/euro equilibrium rate. Although the main goal of our analysis is to compute measures of current and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264576
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Zooming out : the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective
Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - 2005
currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by … put the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective. We argue that the creation of the EMU was a continuation (or … integration, the euro's impact on trade disappears. Moreover, a significant part of the trend in European trade integration is …
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The Triffin dilemma again
Campanella, Edoardo - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-25, pp. 1-18
Tiny changes in the American monetary policy can have dramatic effects on the rest of the world because of dollar's double role of national and international currency. This is the Triffin dilemma. The paper shows how it works through three examples: price of commodities, dollarization, and the...
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China and its Dollar exchange rate: A worldwide stabilizing influence?
McKinnon, Ronald; Schnabl, Gunther - 2011
We argue that criticism concerning the Chinese dollar peg is misplaced as no predictable link exists between the exchange rate and the trade balance of an international creditor economy. The stable nominal yuan/dollar rate is argued to have stabilized Chinese, East Asian and global growth....
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Sovereign rating news and financial markets spillovers: Evidence from the European debt crisis
Arezki, Rabah; Candelon, Bertrand; Sy, Amadou - 2011
This paper examines the spillover effects of sovereign rating news on European financial markets during the period 2007-2010. Our main finding is that sovereign rating downgrades have statistically and economically significant spillover effects both across countries and financial markets. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275006
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A fiscal rule that has teeth : a suggestion for a "fiscal sustainability council" underpinned by the financial markets
Hedbavny, Petr; Schneider, Ondřej; Zapal, Jan - 2005
endeavored to qualify for euro-zone membership, which compelled strict limits on budgetary deficits. We then explore which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276560