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Exchange Rate Volatility and World Trade
International Monetary Fund - 1984
In View of the continuation of substantial movements in exchange rate relationships among major currencies, the recent increase in protectionist pressures, and the disappointing performance of world trade, renewed concern has been expressed about the possible adverse effects of exchange rate...
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Trade Costs and Real Exchange Rate Volatility : The Role of Ricardian Comparative Advantage
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper examines the impact of trade costs on real exchange rate volatility. We incorporate a multi … exchange rate volatility depends on relative technological differences and trade costs. These differences highlight a new … volatility. We then test the importance of this channel using a large panel of cross-country data over 1970-97, and find strong …
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Remoteness and Real Exchange Rate Volatility
International Monetary Fund - 2005
This paper examines the impact of trade costs on real exchange rate volatility. The channel is examined by constructing … higher trade costs result in a larger nontradable sector. This, in turn, leads to higher real exchange rate volatility. We …
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Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows : Some New Evidence
International Monetary Fund - 2004
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Exchange Rate Movements and International Interdependence of Stock Markets
International Monetary Fund - 1989
predictions of the theory …
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United States : Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Technical Note on Regulatory Reform: OTC Derivatives
International Monetary Fund - 2010
OTC derivatives markets were an increasing source of vulnerability heading into the crisis. OTC derivatives markets contributed to the financial crisis. Credit derivatives facilitated the development and growth of the structured securities markets; and the purchasing, packaging, and distribution...
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Managing Financial Risks in indebted Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund - 1989
This paper examines the types of market-related hedging instruments that could potentially be useful to indebted developing countries as they seek to manage the financial risks created by variability of the prices of external assets and commodities. The paper reviews the variability in interest...
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Guarding Against Fiscal Risks in Hong Kong SAR
International Monetary Fund - 2007
volatility creates risks to service provision, possibly entailing sudden tax changes, or even requiring new borrowing. After … fiscal savings (reserves), and the impact alternate policy choices could have on revenue volatility …
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Interest Rate Volatility and Risk in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2004
The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404135
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Macroeconomic Fundamentals, Price Discovery and Volatility Dynamics in Emerging Markets
International Monetary Fund - 2009
This study characterizes volatility dynamics in external emerging bond markets and examines how prices and volatility … markets are found to a¤ect both conditional returns and volatility, with the e¤ects on volatility being more pronounced and … volatility dynamics in external emerging bond markets …
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