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to be invoiced in the importer's currency. We offer a potential theoretical explanation for the empirical link between …
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We show that quot;commodity currencyquot; exchange rates have remarkably robust power in predicting global commodity prices, both in-sample and out-of-sample, and against a variety of alternative benchmarks. This result is of particular interest to policymakers, given the lack of deep forward...
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establishment of currency unions, the monetizing of recently acquired colonies, preferential trade arrangements, and customs unions …
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The case for monetary simplification and unification has been made since the middle of the nineteenth century. It rests on four principal arguments ;reduced transaction costs; establishing credibility; preventing bad policy in other states; political integration via money. In this paper we argue...
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instead to the structure of global portfolios and international financial markets. The literature on currency mismatches, in …
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Using new data on currency invoicing for Belgian firms, we analyze how firms make their currency choice, for both … staggered price setting with endogenous currency choice. Our structural specification provides a new test of the allocative … consequences of nominal rigidities, by estimating the treatment effect of foreign-currency price stickiness on the dynamic response …
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This paper examines the proposition that fluctuations in discounts on closed end funds are driven by changes in individual investor sentiment toward closed end funds and other securities. The theory implies that discounts on various funds must move together, that new funds get started when...
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correlated in most villages with portfolio-choice estimates. The heterogeneity matters for policy: Although the average household …
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the rest of the economy via high unemployment and reduced labor earnings, which reduced household contributions to Social …
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This paper re-examines the classic question of how a household should optimally allocate its portfolio between risky …
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