Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 200
Cover Image
Trade openness, market competition, and inflation: Some sectoral evidence from OECD countries
Binici, Mahir; Cheung, Yin-Wong; Lai, Kon S. - 2011
This study evaluates the role market competition plays in determining inflation based on sector-level data from OECD … countries. In theory, trade openness can affect inflation through changes in market competitiveness and productivity … of market competition. This study shows that inflation decreases with greater market competitiveness even after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280812
Cover Image
Dissecting the PPP puzzle : the unconventional roles of nominal exchange rate and price adjustment
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Lai, Kon-sun; Bergman, Michael U. - 2003
The conventional view, as expounded by sticky-price models, is that price adjustment determines the PPP reversion rate. This study examines the mechanism by which PPP deviations are corrected. Nominal exchange rate adjustment, not price adjustment, is shown to be the key engine governing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507767
Cover Image
Exchange rate misalignment : the case of the Chinese Renminbi
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2012
Assessing exchange rate misalignment is not an easy task. With reference to the debate on the value of China's currency, the renminbi (RMB), this article highlights a few challenges in properly assessing the extent of currency misalignment. The results derived from the fundamental equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533965
Cover Image
Exchange rate misalingment estimates : sources of differences
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Fujii, Eiji - 2011
We study the differences of currency misalignment estimates obtained from alternative datasets derived from two International Comparison Program (ICP) surveys. A decomposition exercise reveals that the year 2005 misalignment estimates are substantially affected by the ICP price revision....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009272286
Cover Image
A Jackknife Model Averaging Analysis of RMB Misalignment Estimates
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2019
We adopt the Jackknife Model Averaging (JMA) technique to conduct a meta-regression analysis of 925 renminbi (RMB) misalignment estimates generated by 69 studies. The JMA method accounts for model selection and sampling uncertainties, and allows for non-nested model specifications and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861432
Cover Image
China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan : a quantitative assessment of real and financial integration
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Fujii, Eiji - 2003
The status of real and financial integration of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan is investigated using monthly data on one-month interbank rates, exchange rates, and prices. Specifically, the degree of integration is assessed based on the empirical validity of real interest parity, uncovered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514149
Cover Image
Exchange Rate Misalignment Estimates – Sources of Differences
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2011
We study the differences in currency misalignment estimates obtained from alternative datasets derived from two International Comparison Program (ICP) surveys. A decomposition exercise reveals that the year 2005 misalignment estimates are substantially affected by the ICP price revision....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119692
Cover Image
Exchange Rate Misalignment - The Case of the Chinese Renminbi
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2013
Assessing exchange rate misalignment is not an easy task. With reference to the debate on the value of China's currency, the renminbi (RMB), this article highlights a few challenges in properly assessing the extent of currency misalignment. The results derived from the fundamental equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091077
Cover Image
Exchange Rate Misalignment Estimates - Sources of Differences
Cheung, Yin-Wong - 2013
We study the differences of currency misalignment estimates obtained from alternative datasets derived from two International Comparison Program (ICP) surveys. A decomposition exercise reveals that the year 2005 misalignment estimates are substantially affected by the ICP price revision....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092474
Cover Image
Dissecting the PPP Puzzle : The Unconventional Roles of Nominal Exchange Rate and Price Adjustments
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Lai, Kon S.; Bergman, U. Michael - 2021
The conventional view, as expounded by sticky-price models, is that price adjustment determines the PPP reversion rate. This study examines the mechanism by which PPP deviations are corrected. Nominal exchange rate adjustment, not price adjustment, is shown to be the key engine governing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319983