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Transactions Costs and Vehicle Currencies
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...
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Maintenance of the Gold Value of the Fund's Assets
International Monetary Fund - 1971
This paper discusses Article IV, Section 8 of the Articles of Agreement which states the requirement of maintenance of the gold value of the IMF's assets. Each member of the IMF is bound to maintain the gold value of the IMF's holdings of the member's currency notwithstanding changes in the par...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394421
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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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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404193
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Asset Prices and Time-Varying Risk
International Monetary Fund - 1988
Observers have often characterized asset markets as being subject to periods of tranquility and periods of turbulence. Until recently, however, researchers were unable to produce closed-form asset pricing formulas in a model environment of time-varying risk. Some work by Abel provided us with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396175
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Stock Prices, Real Exchange Rates, and Optimal Capital Accumulation
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper analyzes the dynamics of the real exchange rate and the price of equity for a small open economy using an optimizing model in which the process of capital accumulation entails adjustment costs. The analysis demonstrates that along an adjustment path toward long-run equilibrium,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396304
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Thailand - Assessment of Observance of the IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
World Bank Group - 2019
This is an assessment of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) and, secondarily, of certain self-regulatory organizations (SRO) that participate in the regulation of the capital markets of Thailand. This assessment was conducted in February, 2019 as part of the Financial...
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Financial Sector Assessment Program : Malaysia - IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund - 2013
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), as the supervisor of the capital markets, has developed a robust supervisory framework that exhibits high levels of implementation of the International Organization of Securities Commissions Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation (IOSCO...
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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Thailand Securities Depository of the CPSS/IOSCO Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems
International Monetary Fund - 2008
Securities settlement systems should have a well-founded, clear and transparent legal basis in the relevant jurisdiction. The laws, regulations, rules and procedures governing the operations and activities of Thailand Securities Depositories (TSD) are public and accessible to participants. In...
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