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than 100,000 Chinese exporters over the 2000-2006 period. We confirm a trade-deterring effect of RER volatility. We find …This paper studies how firm-level export performance is affected by Real Exchange Rate (RER) volatility and … volatility and that this effect is magnified for financially vulnerable firms. As expected, financial development seems to dampen …
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This paper addresses difficulties in modelling exchange rates in South Africa. Real exchange rate models of earlier research seem to be sensitive to the sample period considered, alternative variable definition, data frequency and estimation methods. Alternative exchange rate models proposed in...
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news and communication along with the estimated exchange rate misalignment on exchange rate as well as its volatility …
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rate’s volatility are dominated by the other determinants. …
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undervalued and should be appreciated to reduce the Chinese trade surplus. We argue that an appreciation of the renminbi need not …
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This paper studies drivers of high-frequency (daily) dynamics of the South African rand vis-à-vis the dollar from January 2001 to July 2007. We find strong nonlinear effects of commodity prices, perceived country and emerging market risk premium and changes in the dollar-euro exchange rate on...
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puzzles of exchange rates: excessive volatility, fat tails, volatility clustering, and disconnection from the fundamentals. In … addition, the target zone regime replicates a reduced nominal volatility for the same level of fundamental volatility as in the …
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We argue that criticism concerning the Chinese dollar peg is misplaced as no predictable link exists between the … stabilized Chinese, East Asian and global growth. However, linked to US low interest rates, Chinese sterilization policies and …
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The aim of this paper is to develop a continuous time exchange rate model that allows for heterogeneity of the agents’ beliefs, in order to explore non-linearities and possible chaotic behaviour. The theoretical model contains an intrinsic non-linearity that gives rise to a jerk differential...
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, two main issues are investigated: the impact on international trade of exchange rate volatility and of currency … misalignments. On average, exchange rate volatility has a negative (even if not large) impact on trade flows. The extent of this …
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