To empirically investigate whether the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) acts as a catalyst to the forming of a regional RMB bloc, we explore the co-movements between the RMB and the currencies of BRI countries from July 21, 2005 to December 31, 2018 using a modified Frankel-Wei model. We find that...

The East Asian monetary integration process is at the crossroads. Given very benign liquidity conditions in the US, the prevailing common US dollar peg has contributed to growing macroeconomic and financial instability in the region. This has sparked demands to embark on an independent monetary...

This paper examines the persistent properties of 12 sectoral relative prices between Korea and Japan obtained following the Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose (COICOP) over the period of 1985-2016. Applying a new econometric method developed by Pesaran which controls...

This research analyzes the need for deep regional cooperation between the South-Mediterranean countries in order to minimize the negative effects form the “Hub and Spokes” nature of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Such a deep cooperation requires coordinating the interdependent exchange...