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Using the indexes we developed (Aizenman, Chinn, and Ito, 2008) to measure the degree of the three policy choices countries make with respect to the trilemma: exchange rate stability, monetary independence, and capital account openness, we investigate the normative questions pertaining to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854752
We develop a methodology that intuitively characterizes the choices countries have made with respect to the trilemma during the post Bretton-Woods period. The paper first outlines the new metrics for measuring the degree of exchange rate flexibility, monetary independence, and capital account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854880
This paper extends our previous paper (Aizenman, Chinn, and Ito 2008) and explores some of the unexplored questions. First, we examine the channels through which the trilemma policy configurations affect output volatility. Secondly, we investigate how trilemma policy configurations affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983276
Using the "trilemma indexes" developed by Aizenman et al. (2010) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma - monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness - we examine how policy configurations affect macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009158763
This paper extends our previous paper (Aizenman, Chinn, and Ito 2008) and explores some of the unexplored questions. First, we examine the channels through which the trilemma policy configurations affect output volatility. Secondly, we investigate how trilemma policy configurations affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144649
We develop a methodology that intuitively characterizes the choices countries have made with respect to the trilemma during the post Bretton-Woods period. The paper first outlines the new metrics for measuring the degree of exchange rate flexibility, monetary independence, and capital account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782457
Using the “trilemma indexes” developed by Aizenman et al. (2008) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma – monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness – in this paper we examine how policy configurations affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045505
Using the “trilemma indexes” developed by Aizenman et al. (2008) that measure the extent of achievement in each of the three policy goals in the trilemma — monetary independence, exchange rate stability, and financial openness — this paper examines how policy configurations affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142882
This paper examines the determinants of economic and financial linkages between developed and developing countries, with special focus on East Asia. The synchronization of business cycles depends upon trade flows, production structures, and to a lesser extent, capital account openness. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062334
This paper tests if real and financial linkages between countries can explain why movements in the world's largest markets often have such large effects on other financial markets, and how these cross-market linkages have changed over time. It estimates a factor model in which a country's market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012740019