The paper explores empirically the tight links between exchange rates and the global network of equity holdings. Exchange rates can be expressed in terms of "equity net currency supplies", i.e. local currency stock market capitalization minus equity holdings, denominated in investors'...

В работе проведен анализ понятия резервных валют и их роли в современной мировой платежной системе. Последовательно рассмотрены определение резервных валют,...

This research utilises a non-linear Smooth Transition Regression (STR) approach to modelling and forecasting the exchange rate, based on the Taylor rule model of exchange rate determination. The separate literatures on exchange rate models and the Taylor rule have already shown that the...

The US dollar is the most prevalent currency to settle internationally traded merchandise. A few existing studies demonstrate that the US dollar can significantly impact a country's trade balance with a non-US partner. Nevertheless, the current literature indicates the remarkable deficiency of...

This study establishes a rigorous theory for the recent popular enhanced-Purchasing-Power-Parity model for estimating the long run equilibrium exchange rates of currencies. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the validity of the model are derived and proved. Based on the theory, this...

This paper examines three different explanations of the global financial imbalances. It begins with the neoliberal globalization hypothesis that explains the imbalances as the product of the model of globalization implemented over the past thirty years. It then examines the saving glut and...

This study strengthens the frontiers of research on the drivers of dollarization in emerging economies by exploring the case of Ghana using the autoregressive distributed lag modelling framework. The data for the study spanned from January 2002 to March 2016. The evidence suggests that...