This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz), Kon S. Lai (California State University, Los Angeles) and Michael Bergman (Lund University).The conventional view, as expounded by sticky-price models, is that price adjustment determines the PPP reversion...

This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California).The article examines the Hong Kong export performance. A standard export demand formulation is used as the benchmark. Then, we investigate the effects of real exchange rate volatility, “third” country competition,...

This working paper was written by Juan Carlos Martinez Oliva (Bank of Italy).In view of the debate on exchange rate stabilization in Asia, this paper introduces a new and original approach to the determination of equilibrium real exchange rates (ERER) across ASEAN+3. Existing literature usually...

This working paper was written by Yin-Wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz and Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research).Advanced statistical techniques are used to analyze Hong Kong output dynamics. Hong Kong, Japan and the U.S. are found to share some common long-term and...

This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Kon S. Lai (California State University, Los Angeles).This study investigates whether greater nominal exchange rate flexibility aids real exchange rate adjustment based on data from dual exchange rates...

This working paper was written by Volker Nitsch (Free University Berlin).Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a...

This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California Santa Cruz) and Eiji Fujii (University of Tsukuba).Using annual data on nine manufacturing sectors of eighteen OECD countries, the article studies the implications of market structure for cross-country relative price...

This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Ulf G. Erlandsson (Lund University).This article presents a systematic and extensive empirical study on the presence of Markov switching dynamics in three dollar-based exchange rates. A Monte Carlo...

This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Jude Yuen (University of California, Santa Cruz).The study assesses the level of integration among the three Greater China economies (namely China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) and examines the suitability of...

This working paper was written by Yin-Wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz and Jude Yuen (University of California, Santa Cruz).Standard economic models predict that the choice of an exchange rate regime has important implications for the interdependency of national monetary...