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Regulation of International Financial Markets by Transactions Taxes: The Effect of the Tobin Tax on Trade Volume und Exchange Rate Volatility
Haberer, Markus - 2006
volatility on foreign exchange markets. Starting point is the market participant's microeconomic investment decision, which is … trading volume and volatility on foreign exchange markets. We apply various two-country-models with representative market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471738
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BUSINESS CYCLES, FISCAL STABILIZATION AND VERTICAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: ESSAYS IN INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS
Jansen, Dennis W. (contributor) - 2009
My dissertation studies various questions falling into the broad context ofmacroeconomics and international economics. The questions have macroeconomiccomponents because they are concerned with the behavior of aggregates. Specifically,the second and third chapters of my dissertation study the...
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Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Central & Eastern Europe: Gliding on a Wind of Change
Coricelli, Fabrizio; Égert, Balázs; MacDonald, Ronald - 2006
This paper surveys recent advances in empirical studies of the monetary transmission mechanism (MTM), with special attention to Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, while laying out the functioning of the separate channels in the MTM, it explores possible interrelations between different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476887
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Economic structures, the nature of shocks and the role of exchange rate in the monetary policy formation in the emerging countries of East-Asia
Siok Kun Sek - 2009
This thesis investigates the role of exchange rate in a small open economy policy framework. Focusing the analysis on the crisis-hit East-Asian countries, the main objective of this thesis is to investigate the necessity of the monetary authority to concern about the exchange rate stability by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429030
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Inflation Differentials in EU New Member States: An Empirical Evidence
Horváth, Roman; Koprnicka, Kamila - 2008
In this paper, we examine the determinants of inflation differentials in a panel of the newEuropean Union member states vis-‡-vis the euro area in 1997-2007. Our main results are as follows. Exchange rate appreciation and higher price level in the new EU members is associated with narrower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477187
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Inflation Differentials in the Euro Area and their Determinants – an empirical view
Aldasoro, Juan Ignacio; Žďárek, Václav - 2009
In this paper, we present evidence on the statistical features of observed dispersion in HICP inflation rates in the Euro area. Our descriptive exercise shows that there is still a remarkable dispersion of HICP inflation rates across the member countries. We find that most of dispersion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477196
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Wechselkursspekulation in Währungsbändern
Schallenberger, Frank - 2002
In dieser Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen von spekulativen Attacken auf die Stabilität von Zielzonensystemenn in unterschiedlichen Ansätzen analysiert. Außerdem wird die Wirksamkeit verschiedener Politikoptionen zur Verteidigung eines Systems von Währungsbändern vor solchen Attacken...
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Two essays on general equilibrium foundation of finance
Siwik, Thomas - 2002
The thesis consists of two essays: "The CAPM -- A General Equilibrium Foundation" and "The Foreign Exchange Rate in Financial Markets".The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is one of the most successful models for portfolio selection. The utility functions are assumed to depend positively on...
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The behavioral economics of foreign exchange markets - a psychological view on human expectation formation in foreign exchange markets
Schmidt, Robert - 2004
/USD Wechselkurs mit experimentellen Prognosen von Studenten für eine simulierte Zeitreihe verglichen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433679
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Output volatility in developing countries
De Hart, Petrus Jacobus - 2008
Over the past few decades, many countries have experienced a marked decline in the volatility of output. However, there … is still a significant difference between developed and developing countries in the level of output volatility. A … proposed explanation for this phenomenon is the impact of economic policies on output volatility in developing countries. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457744