In dieser Arbeit wird die Schätzmethode der Verallgemeinerten Momente (Generalized Method of Moments - GMM) vorgestellt. Neben der formalen Darstellung wird besonderes Augenmerk auf die notwendige Schätzung der Gewichtungsmatrix und auf Testmethoden im Rahmen der GMM gelegt. Anhand einer...

The main characteristic of the implementation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is the transition from various national currencies to the Euro, the common European currency. A final fixing of the individual bilateral exchange rates of all European countries involved in the Monetary Union...

In this paper, a survey on theoretically expected and empirically proved impacts of exchange rate volatility is given. With regard to the West German unemployment, the effects of volatility are empirically analysed using three different volatility measures and four country groups. In...

The main characteristic of the implementation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is the transition from various national currencies to the Euro, the common European currency. A final fixing of the individual bilateral exchange rates of all European countries involved in the Monetary Union...