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before and after the introduction of the Euro. Exceptions are a strong decline in real exchange rate volatility and a … EMU on standard business cycles statistics. However, further analysis reveals that the Euro has changed the nature of the …
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before and after the introduction of the euro. Exceptions are a strong decline in real exchange rate volatility and a … EMU on standard business cycles statistics. However, further analysis reveals that the euro has changed the nature of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084347
This study analyzes the viability of the Caribbean Market Economies (CME) as an optimum currency area. A vector error correction model is used with cointegration as an identifying restriction to decompose real output, prices and exchange rate into supply, demand and monetary shocks. Respective...
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We present a new approach to study empirically the effect of the introduction of the euro on the pattern of currency … invoicing after the introduction of the euro, whereas the home currency share of non-eurozone countries fell slightly. In … addition, the euro as a vehicle currency has overtaken the role of the US dollar in Norwegian imports. The substantial rise in …
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The dollar, euro and yen still dominate the international financial system after the global recession. However, the …
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conversion rates between the euro and the currencies of EMU members states. Current EU legislation, notably the Maastricht Treaty … prices of EMU member currencies against the euro. Unfortunately, most of these have potentially damaging side effects. One … approach, based on official Stage 2 offers of contingent euro forward contracts with value dates at the start of Stage 3 …
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The overriding practical problem now is the tension between the global financial and market system and the national political and power structures. The main analytical short-coming lies in the failure to incorporate financial frictions, especially default, into our macro-economic models. Neither...
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While the global financial crisis was centered in the United States, it led to a surprising appreciation in the dollar, suggesting global dollar illiquidity. In response, the Federal Reserve partnered with other central banks to inject dollars into the international financial system. Empirical...
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In this paper we connect the events of the last twelve months, "The Panic of 2008" as it has been called, to the demand for international reserves. In previous work, we have shown that international reserve demand can be rationalized by a central bank's desire to backstop the broad money supply...
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Using Krugman's (1991) target zone model, we find an explicit, sub-game perfect solution for a central bank wishing to stabilize the exchange rate given proportional costs of intervention. We demonstrate, however, that precommitment to narrower bands would yield a welfare gain - which provides a...
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