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rate volatility and tax differentials as potential obstacles to capital mobility is analyzed. The empirical findings … support the view that both current account targeting and exchange rate volatility were relevant for limiting the free flow of …
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At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....
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The paper empirically investigates the monetary transmission mechanism in the Baltic States. The analysis of the transmission channels through which monetary policy shocks are transmitted is particularly important for the European Central Bank that makes monetary policy in an enlarged European...
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function. This allows us to differentiate between the consistent price reaction to surprising news and traders' uncertainty … almost instantaneously incorporated into T-bond futures prices. Nevertheless, large surprises create considerable uncertainty … differences of opinion is left, and hence volatility is decreased. …
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Following the well-known approach by Adler and Dumas (1984) we evaluate the foreign exchange rate exposure of nations. Results based on data from 27 countries show that national foreign exchange rate exposures are significantly related to the current trade balance variables of corresponding...
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This paper suggests that exchange rates are related to economic fundamentals over medium-term horizons, such as a month or longer. We find from a large panel of individual professionals' forecasts that good exchange rate forecasts benefit from the proper understanding of fundamentals,...
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-price monetary model and the Mundell-Fleming model. These models are the theoretical basis for the estimation of latent structural …
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This paper provides novel evidence on exchange rate expectations of both chartists and fundamentalists separately. These groups indeed form expectations differently. Chartists change their expectations more often; however, all professionals' expectations vary considerably as they generally...
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at high-frequency controlling for intraday periodicity, volatility clustering and volatility persistence. We find that …
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reveals no major importance of the bank balance sheet channel for the relationship between stock market volatility and …
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