Korean Abstract: 2013년 12월 시작된 연방준비제도 (이하 연준)의 테이퍼링과 2014년 10월 발표된 양적완화의 종료는 미국의 본격적인 통화정책 정상화를 예고하고 있다. 이는 이르면 2015년 말 기준금리 인상으로 시작될 전망이다....

This paper empirically investigates the effects of exchange rate shocks on the variables of the primary interests, such as trade balance and current account, using the Korean data. The result shows that the effect of the won-dollar exchange rate on the current account is weak. This is because...

We re-investigate the delayed overshooting puzzle. We find that delayed overshooting is primarily a phenomenon of the 1980s when the Fed was under the chairmanship of Paul Volcker. Related findings are as follows: (1) Uncovered interest parity fails to hold during the Volcker era and tends to...

This paper proposes an explanation for mixed evidence on the behaviors of markups. The key mechanism consists of two complementary channels of risk internalization that arise when firms face uninsurable business risks. One channel is based on passive risk consideration, through which firms raise...