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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 …
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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...
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Has the euro affected the choice of invoicing currency?
Ligthart, Jenny E.; Werner, Sebastian E. V. - 2010
We present a new approach to study empirically the effect of the introduction of the euro on currency invoicing. Our … home currency invoicing after the introduction of the euro. In addition, the euro as a vehicle currency has overtaken the … role of the US dollar in Norwegian imports. The econometric analysis shows a significant effect of euro introduction above …
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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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Testing for convergence in stock markets : a non-linear factor approach
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Erdogan, Burcu; Kuzin, … - 2009
subgroups including Euro area countries, the UK and the US respectively, provides evidence of a global convergence …
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The Euro changeover and price adjustments in Italy
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Girardi, Alessandro; … - 2011
By estimating a staggered price model over the period 1980q1-2010q2, this paper documents that, after the euro …
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Taxation, corruption and the exchange rate regime
Hefeker, Carsten - 2009
The paper analyzes the relation between institutional quality, such as corruption, in a country and its monetary regime. It is shown that a credibly fixed exchange rate to a low inflation country, like a currency board, can reduce corruption and improve the fiscal system. A monetary union,...
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The crisis and beyond: Thinking outside the box
Hillinger, Claude - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-23, pp. 1-61
In this paper the author attempts an analysis of the current financial/economic crisis that is wider ranging and more fundamental than he has been able to find. He discusses alternatives to the financial bailouts and shows how the crisis could have been dealt with more efficiently and at little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301113
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Escaping from a combination of liquidity trap and credit crunch
Heinemann, Frank - 2008
This brief exposition suggests that the Federal Reserve System temporarily guarantee a lower bound on stock prices in order to escape the current combination of liquidity trap and credit crunch. It shortly discusses reasons for this measure, consequences, and some alternatives. It is meant as a...
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