This paper investigates the relationship between the collapse timing of exchange rate regime and degree of substitutability of foreign currency for domestic currency as a medium of exchange. According to the spirit of Chen et al. (1981), Tsaur (1987), Chang et al. (1991), we set up a...

Exchange rate movements affect exports through depreciation (appreciation) and risk. Depreciation may raise exports but exchange rate risk could offset the positive effect. This paper investigates the net effect for eight Asian countries using a dynamic conditional correlation bivariate GARCH-M...

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This paper examines the short-run and long-run neutrality of money using methodology suggested by King and Watson (1997) on quarterly data from South Korea and Taiwan (King and Watson (1997), Testing Long-Run Neutrality, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly, 83(3), 69-103). A body...

Can extending social welfare expenditures promote economic growth? This issue has been discussed extensively, with some research pointing to net benefits while others find a net negative impact. Insight can be gained by careful analysis of several sub-questions. For example, for two countries...