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The purpose of this paper is to put the future of the US dollar into a logical framework which comprises the global development mechanism. Two models of growth collide: the US «locomotive», based on the international use of the dollar, and which requires exogenous pushes coming permanently...
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In this paper we address the issue of modeling spot electricity prices. After analyzing factors leading to the unobservable in other financial or commodity markets price dynamics we propose a mean reverting jump diffusion model. We fit the model to data from the Nord Pool power exchange and find...
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For many economic problems standard statistical analysis, based on the notion of stationarity, is not adequate. These include modeling seasonal decisions of consumers, forecasting business cycles and - as we show in the present article - modeling wholesale power market prices. We apply standard...
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Purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis has attracted a lot of attention from academics and policy-makers particularly, during the recent float. Most previous studies used data from the developed world. This study examines the validity of the PPP hypothesis using data during the recent float...
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indicators (1973-1997)? (2) To what extent will the introduction of the euro affect the balance-of-payments accounts and foreign …
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currencies were overvalued in 2003. Moreover, experience of Greece, Portugal, and Spain – viewed through the fundamental real … to the euro adoption than what can be expected from the acceding countries in the forthcoming years. If acceding … countries sail too fast towards the euro, their sailing may not be as smooth as the one of frontrunners. …
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participating in EMU. The focus is on substitution between dollar and euro balances in the three basic functions of money – unit of … between a domestic currency and aggregate foreign currency balances, we look for substitution between the dollar and the euro … or euro-related foreign currency balances. We find substitution between dollarization and euroization to be asymmetric in …
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This paper calculates the equilibrium exchange rates for the Euro and the rest of the G-7 currencies. Building on the … multilateral equilibrium real rates into bilateral equilibrium nominal rates. The results uncover that the Euro was slightly …
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One of the major economic changes of 2003 is the depreciation of the USD especially against the euro and also against a … early 2002 scenario when the Euro remained passive to the positive Euro zone outlook. …
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EU area and around the world, have been experiencing new situations, problems and development relating to euro long … before the euro currency was even released in January 1999. …
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