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This paper applies a novel approach to study the impact of different shocks on the price level. It uses a classical dichotomy model with monetary policy regime shifts at known dates. First, there was a regime dominated by money, afterwards a regime driven by the exchange rate and a third one...
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) interventions and the validity of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) across two distinct exchange rate regimes: the fixed exchange rate … reveals that under the fixed exchange rate regime, the environment is conducive to PPP due to frequent interventions by the … RBI. However, in the managed floating regime, selective interventions weaken the applicability of PPP. These findings …
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The removal of the lower bound on the EUR/CHF exchange rate in January 2015 provides a unique setting to study the implications of a large and sudden appreciation in an otherwise stable macroeconomic environment. Using transaction-level data on non-durable goods purchases by Swiss consumers, we...
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The aim of this paper is to estimate the degree of RMB misalignment from its equilibrium exchange rate by applying the Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate (BEER) approach. We employ monthly data with reference to China's top 20 trading partners covering the period of 1997 to 2012. We find that...
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A Post Keynesian model is developed to examine the main features and consequences of a monetary regime based on inflation targeting. The growth performance of this regime is compared to the one resulting from real exchange rate targets. Inflation targeting is shown to hurt growth and employment...
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paper is that omission of intervention effects -when they are significant- would bias the ability to detect any PPP …
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I develop the implications for real exchange rate cycles of different policy preferences, focusing in particular on broadly stylized features of major Latin American and East Asian economies. Recent political science literature has emphasized the role of factors such as the influence of the...
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This paper studies the role of the exchange rate regime for trade of new products. It first provides VAR evidence that a rise in external productivity shifts trade away from new products and more so in fixed regimes. Then, it presents a model with firm dynamics in line with this evidence. We...
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Voluminous theoretical and empirical research shows that real exchange rate (RER) undervaluation could be conducive to economic development. Why do countries then often avoid the pursuit of policies that facilitate undervaluation or even intentionally pursue RER overvaluation? We address this...
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In July 2011, Uganda reformed its monetary policy framework citing “challenges of macroeconomic management and the rapid growth and diversification of the financial system” MPC July (2011). This paper reviews the effect of foreign exchange interventions on the inflation target policy in...
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