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 Jude Yuen (University of California, Santa Cruz).The prospect of creating a currency union consisting of China, Japan, and Korea is evaluated using output data. After a brief discussion on the...

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...