This dissertation contributes to several fields of international macroeconomics. Chapter 2 presents a new dataset and new evidence on the invoicing pattern in international trade for a large panel of countries. It goes into detail explaining the motivation to set prices in different currencies,...

This paper compares the P-bar model of price adjustment with the currently dominant Calvo specification. Theoretically, the P-bar model is more attractive as it depends on adjustment costs for physical quantities rather than nominal prices, while incorporating a one-period information lag....

Nominal exchange rate volatility has been greater than that of "fundamentals" supposed to establish the exchange rates. A major contribution to our understanding of this volatility was given by Rudiger Dornbusch in his 1976 paper "Expectations and Exchange Rate Dynamics", where stickiness of...

This paper examines the role of disequilibrium conditions in influencing price adjustment processes in developing countries. Measures of real and financial sector disequilibrium are constructed for a sample of 58 developing countries over the period 1973-1998 using structural VAR methodology....

There have been many claims that the Internet represents a new nearly "frictionless market." Our research empirically analyzes the characteristics of the Internet as a channel for two categories of homogeneous products-books and CDs. Using a data set of over 8,500 price observations collected...

Although the dissertation is in German, on demand a bilateral discussion can be done in English language.

Many macroeconomic forces affect international trade. These include nominal uncertainty, exchange rate movements, and each country's business cycle. This dissertation consists of three essays which explore the impact of these macroeconomic forces. In the first chapter, I consider the choice...

El presente trabajo resume la literatura existente relativa a los modelos de ajuste de los precios nominales, centrándose en los modelos de comportamiento óptimo o casi óptimo. El documento abarca tres clases principales de mecanismos: 1) modelos que suponen un coste fijo (menu cost) al...

A procedure is proposed for examining different aspects of performance for judgemental directional probability predictions of exchange rate movements. In particular, a range of new predictive performance measures is identified to highlight specific expressions of strengths and weaknesses in...

Is there timing ability in the exchange rate markets? We address this question by examining foreign firms' decisions to issue American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Specifically, we test whether foreign firms consider currency market conditions in their ADR issuance decisions and, in doing so,...