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The renminbi's role in the global monetary system

Prasad, Eswar S.; Ye, Lei - 2012

We analyze three related but distinct concepts concerning the renminbi's role in the global monetary system: (i) "internationalization" of the currency; (ii) currency convertibility; and (iii) reserve currency status. Their sequencing in relation to other policy goals such as financial sector...

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Distributional effects of monetary policy in emerging market economies

Prasad, Eswar S.; Zhang, Boyang - 2015

We develop a two-sector, heterogeneous-agent model with incomplete financial markets to study the distributional effects and aggregate welfare implications of alternative monetary policy rules in emerging market economies. Relative to inflation targeting, exchange rate management benefits...

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The impacts of the dollar-renminbi exchange rate misalignment on the China-United States commodity trade : an asymmetric analysis

Ferjani, Sabrine; Saafi, Sami; Nouira, Ridha; Rault, … - 2022

Contrary to most existing studies of the literature that assumed that the effects of real exchange rate (RE) misalignment on trade flows are symmetric, this paper considers a more general and realistic framework allowing for possible asymmetric effects. We use monthly time-series data over the...

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The yen exchange rate and the hollowing out of the Japanese industry

Belke, Ansgar; Volz, Ulrich - 2019

Since the demise of the Bretton Woods system, the yen has seen several episodes of strong appreciation, including in … been associated with "expensive yen recessions" resulting from negative effects on exports; since the late 1980s, the … strong yen has also raised concerns about a de-industrialisation of the Japanese economy. Against this backdrop, the paper …

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Distributional effects of macroeconomic policy choices in emerging market economies

Prasad, Eswar S. - 2013

Distributional consequences typically receive limited attention in economic models that analyze the effects of monetary and financial sector policies. These consequences deserve more attention since financial markets are incomplete, imperfect, and economic agents' access to them is often...

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Fixed exchange-rate policy and real wage growth : quasi-experimental evidence

Andini, Corrado - 2014

Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests that the fixed exchange-rate policy adopted by Italy in the 1997-2000 period has reduced the real hourly wage growth of Italian fulltime workers with permanent contracts, on...

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Would a Euro's depreciation improve the French economy?

Magnani, Riccardo; Piccoli, Luca; Carré, Martine; … - 2017

In this paper, we use a Micro-Macro model to evaluate the effects of a euro's depreciation on the French economy, both at the macro and micro level. Our Micro-Macro model consists of a Microsimulation model that includes an arithmetical model for the French fiscal system and two behavioral...

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Sterilization policy with incomplete information: Peru 1995-2000

Rendón, Sílvio - 2020

In this research I investigate what percentage of female sterilizations performed in Peru from 1993 to 2000 were done providing adequate information to their users for a free decision about their adoption. I use data from ENDES/DHS 2000, which contains detailed information about contraceptive...

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Sterilization policy with incomplete information in Peru: does history repeat itself?

Jimènez, Bruno; Rendón, Sílvio - 2020

We contrast the socio-demographic profiles and degree of information received by women that were sterilized with women that used other contraceptive methods. We use data from the 2016 round of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Peru and compare these profiles with those of the 2000s,...

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How economic, political and institutional factors influence the choice of exchange rate regimes? : new evidence from selected countries of the MENA region

Maraoui, Najia; Hadj Amor, Thouraya; Khefacha, Islem; … - 2022

In this paper, we investigate how economic, political and institutional factors affect the choice of exchange rate regimes, using data on eight MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries over the 1984-2016 period. Specifically, we run random-effects ordered probit regressions of the...

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