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In this study it is attempted to estimate the amount of speculation in foreign exchange market.
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The paper addresses the issue of the role of exchange rate jumps. The short-run dynamics of the peseta's effective exchange rate vis-a- vis OECD countries over the period 1974:1 - 1995:9 is estimated using a PPP-based error-correction model enlarged with additional terms allowing for the...
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the effectiveness of movements in nominal exchange rates in smooting cyclical imbalances between countries, as explained by the literature on optimal currency areas.
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The paper tests whether there were events of contagion, and portfolio shift, in the sovereign bond markets of eleven emerging countries' between January 1995 and November 2001. From existing definitions, we narrow down the concept of contagion by focusing on pricing errors, after general market...
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The paper analyses whether, and to what extent, emerging market economies (EMEs) have systemic importance for global financial markets, above and beyond their influence during crises episodes. Using a novel database of exogenous economic and political shocks for 14 EMEs, we find that EME shocks...
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Exchange rate targets in a stabilization game are considered. The targeting strategy consists on the choice of a desired level for the exchange and the weight assigned to such target in the loss function. The exchange rate target appears then as an intermediate objective and acts as a surrogate...
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This paper analyzes the role played by the IMF in eight recent sovereign debt restructurings from a comparative … the Policy of Lending Into Arrears. We find that the IMF can potentially exert a substantial influence on sovereign debt … sovereign debt restructurings. In part, this reflects the flexibility with which the IMF has adapted its intervention to country …
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