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This paper analyzes the factors underlying the weakness of the euro. For this purpose, the framework advocated by Clarida and Gali (1994) is used. Within this model, three structural shocks drive the dynamics of the endogenous variables: aggregate supply shocks, aggregate spending shocks, and...
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We follow the behavioral equilibrium exchange rate approach by Clark and MacDonald (1998) to derive equilibrium real effective exchange rates and currency misalignments for the US and its 16 major trading partners. We apply cointegration and panel cointegration techniques to derive fully...
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The behavior of the real exchange rate, measuring movements in the relative consumer price indexes between countries, remains a prominent puzzle in international macroeconomics. Two key theories of the real exchange rate differ in the role played by goods not traded internationally. On one hand,...
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between the United States and the rest of the world, this paper asks to what extent an asymmetric productivity shock in the … second half of the 1990s. The paper concludes that the Balassa-Samuelson effect of such a productivity shock is only part of … the story. A second shock, a broadly defined risk premium shock, and some uncertainty about the persistence of both shocks …
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between the United States and the rest of the world, this paper asks to what extent an asymmetric productivity shock in the … second half of the 1990s. The paper concludes that the Balassa-Samuelson effect of such a productivity shock is only part of … the story. A second shock, a broadly defined “risk premium” shock, and some uncertainty about the persistence of both …
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This thesis consists of four chapters that examine different policy relevant economic processes related to exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices. In the first chapter we empirically analyze the relationship between carry trade positions and some key financial as well as...
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