We estimate a three-region (DE-REA-RoW) structural macroeconomic model, and we provide a counterfactual on how nominal exchange rate flexibility would have affected the German trade balance (TB) by simulating the shocks of the estimated model under a counterfactual flexible exchange rate regime....

This paper studies the dynamic structural relationship between the trade balance and the terms of trade by means of a time-scale decomposition. Our analysis is carried out using data obtained from ten developed economies; Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the...