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Exchange Rate Misalignment Estimates - Sources of Differences
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2013
We study the differences of currency misalignment estimates obtained from alternative datasets derived from two International Comparison Program (ICP) surveys. A decomposition exercise reveals that the year 2005 misalignment estimates are substantially affected by the ICP price revision....
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Dissecting the PPP Puzzle : The Unconventional Roles of Nominal Exchange Rate and Price Adjustments
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Lai, Kon S.; Bergman, U. Michael - 2021
The conventional view, as expounded by sticky-price models, is that price adjustment determines the PPP reversion rate. This study examines the mechanism by which PPP deviations are corrected. Nominal exchange rate adjustment, not price adjustment, is shown to be the key engine governing the...
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International Portfolio Flows and Exchange Rate Volatility for Emerging Markets
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2015
This paper investigates the effects of equity and bond portfolio inflows on exchange rate volatility, using monthly … probability Markov-switching model. We find that net equity (bond) inflows drive the exchange rate to a high (low) volatility … state. In particular, net bond inflows increase the probability of remaining in the low volatility state in the case of …
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Short-Term and Long-Term Growth Effects of Exchange Rate Adjustment
Kočenda, Evžen - 2013
The European sovereign debt crisis revived the discussion concerning the pros and cons of exchange rate adjustment in the face of asymmetric shocks. Exit from the euro area is to regain rapidly international competitiveness. Exchange rate stability with structural reforms could be beneficial for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089423
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Real and Nominal Wage Adjustment in Open Economies
Forslund, Anders - 2013
How are wages set in an open economy? What role is played by demand pressure, international competition, and structural factors in the labour market? How important is nominal wage rigidity and exchange rate policy for the evolution of real wages and competitiveness? To answer these questions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754391
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The Renminbi Central Parity : An Empirical Investigation
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2016
On August 11 2015, China revamped its procedure of setting the official central parity of the renminbi (RMB) against the US dollar. Our empirical investigation shows that the intertemporal dynamics of China's central parity are not the same before and after this policy change. They are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986235
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Exchange Rate Misalignment - The Case of the Chinese Renminbi
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2013
Assessing exchange rate misalignment is not an easy task. With reference to the debate on the value of China's currency, the renminbi (RMB), this article highlights a few challenges in properly assessing the extent of currency misalignment. The results derived from the fundamental equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091077
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On the Inclusion of the Chinese Renminbi in the SDR Basket
Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès - 2013
volatility of the basket. Although, in the past, RMB inclusion would have had negligible impact due to its limited weight, a much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089684
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Japanese Foreign Exchange Intervention and the Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate : A Simultaneous Equations Approach Using Realized Volatility
Hillebrand, Eric T.; Schnabl, Gunther; Ulu, Yasemin - 2021
We use realized volatility to study the influence of central bank interventions on the yen/dollar exchange rate …. Realized volatility is a technical innovation that allows specifying a system of equations for returns, realized volatility … increase in volatility associated with interventions. During the period 1999 through 2004, the estimations are consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317518
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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson : Real Convergence, Capital Flows, and Competitiveness in Greece
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2015
We scrutinize the role of capital flows for competitiveness in seven euro-area countries in the context of real convergence and crisis with a specific focus on Greece. The paper extends the seminal Balassa-Samuelson model to include international capital markets. Capital flows are assumed to be...
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