Macroeconomic convergence is critical for member states to achieve the level of harmonization required for establishing a stable and resilient monetary union. The East African Community (EAC) member states, therefore, established set targets for macroeconomic convergence, intending to eliminate...

Main description: Der Autor untersucht, ob sich im Zeitablauf trendmäßige Entwicklungen, insbesondere ein signifikanter Anstieg der Wechselkursvolatilität feststellen lassen, und wieweit diese durch das gewählte Wechselkursregime beeinflusst werden. Im Gegensatz zu bisherigen Arbeiten liegt...

This dissertation contains applications of agent-based financial market models and nonlinear econometric methods in financial economics. The first part deals with the analysis of the effectiveness of currency transaction taxes within financial market models with traders with heterogeneous...

The aim of this study is to examine an existence of contagion in ASEAN-5 currency markets during COVID-19 period, the type of contagion whether it is pure contagion that happens in the short run only or fundamentals-based contagion in the long run and the country source of this contagion effect....