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What determines real exchange rates? : the Nordic countries
Bergvall, Anders - 2002
This paper presents a model yielding testable implications concerning the long-run co-movements of real exchange rates, relative productivity, the trade balance and terms of trade. Countries with higher productivity, trade deficits or improved terms of trade are found to have more appreciated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587580
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Exchange-rate adjustment and macroeconomic interdependence between stagnant and fully employed countries
Ono, Yoshiyasu - 2014
This paper presents a two-country two-commodity dynamic model with free international asset trade in which one country achieves full employment and the other suffers long-run unemployment. Own and spill-over effects of changes in policy, technological and preference parameters that emerge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250169
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Germany versus the United States : monetary Dominance in the Eurozone
Quah, Chee Heong - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 2, pp. 1-16
This study inspects if there is greater convergence with Germany amongst the Eurozone founding members and if their relations with the hegemonic economy have been more symmetrical after "euroization". The dimensions explored are those inspired by the optimum currency areas (OCA) framework. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499412
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Exchange-rate adjustment and macroeconomic interdependence between stagnant and fully employed countries
Ono, Yoshiyasu - 2014
This paper presents a two-country two-commodity dynamic model with free international asset trade in which one country achieves full employment and the other suffers long-run unemployment. Own and spill-over effects of changes in policy, technological and preference parameters that emerge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234637
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Investment-specific technology shocks and international business cycles: An empirical assessment
Mandelman, Federico S.; Rabanal, Pau; Rubio-Ramírez, … - 2010
In this paper, we first introduce investment-specific technology (IST) shocks to an otherwise standard international real business cycle model and show that a thoughtful calibration of them along the lines of Raffo (2009) successfully addresses the quantity, international comovement,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292222
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Cointegrated TFP processes and international business cycles
Rabanal, Pau; Rubio-Ramirez, Juan Francisco; Tuesta, Vicente - 2009
A puzzle in international macroeconomics is that observed real exchange rates are highly volatile. Standard international real business cycle (IRBC) models cannot reproduce this fact. We show that total factor productivity processes for the United States and the rest of the world are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292354
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What Determines Real Exchange Rates? The Nordic Countries
Bergvall, Anders - 2002
This paper presents a model yielding testable implications concerning the long-run co-movements of real exchange rates, relative productivity, the trade balance and terms of trade. Countries with higher productivity, trade deficits or improved terms of trade are found to have more appreciated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321757
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Investment-Saving Comovement and Capital Mobility: Evidence from Century Long U.S. Time Series
Levy, Daniel - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 3 (2000) 1, pp. 100-136
This paper makes three contributions: First, I construct annual time series of gross domestic investment and national saving in the U.S. for the 1897–1949 period using historical component series. I compare the qualitative and quantitative properties of the newly constructed series with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140554
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Intertemporal solvency of Turkey’s current account
Oğuş Binatlı, Ayla; Sohrabji, Niloufer - 2008
+ (which include imports, net interest and unilateral transfer payments). Cointegration between inflows and outflows implies … that the intertemporal budget constraint is satisfied. We use the Johansen and the Gregory and Hansen (1996) cointegration … tests to determine linkages between exports and imports+ in Turkey. Using the Johansen test we find no cointegration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807191
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Elasticities of Turkish Exports and Imports
Oğuş Binatlı, Ayla; Sohrabji, Niloufer - 2009
The Turkish current account has been exploding in the last few years leading to concerns of a crisis. One of the primary factors identified in the rising deficits is the appreciating lira. In addition, income elasticity of exports and imports can also shed light on continuing trade deficits. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807199