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A gravity model is used to assess the separate effects of exchange rate volatility and currency unions on international … trade. The panel data set used includes bilateral observations for five years spanning 1970 through 1990 for 186 countries … same currency. I find a large positive effect of a currency union on international trade, and a small negative effect of …
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This paper shows that proximity to major international financial centers seems to reduce business cycle volatility. In … experience more volatile growth rates in both output and consumption, even after accounting for political institutions, trade …
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dampening effect on trade volatility …I examine the hypothesis that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor the General … Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) has increased the stability and predictability of trade flows. I use a large data set …
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This paper addresses the issue of whether regimes of fixed exchange rates are a mechanism for shifting volatility inter … devaluations reveals little evidence of significant increases in volatility following these events …
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Fixed exchange rates are less volatile than floating rates. But the volatility of macroeconomic variables such as money … exchange rate volatility and macroeconomic stability …
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