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nineties and the puzzing decline of the euro during its virtual existence to changes in the demand for deutschmark in Eastern … the dollar and the weakness of the euro reflect the prosperity of the US and the weakness of the European economy on both …
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This paper investigates the demand for euros using panel data for 10 euro area countries covering the period from 1999 … in housing prices are also able to explain part of the monetary overhang in the euro area since 2005. We conclude that … housing price developments within the euro area are relevant to an understanding of the demand for euros, and thus warrant …
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, fluctuations in the Swiss franc against the euro have been surprisingly moderate. The Swiss franc has thus tracked the euro … monetary policy with the new landscape defined by EMU. Four hypotheses of euro tracking are considered. …
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, fluctuations in the Swiss franc against the euro have been surprisingly moderate. The Swiss franc has thus tracked the euro … monetary policy with the new landscape defined by EMU. Four hypotheses of euro tracking are considered. …
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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....
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The paper uses a small open economy general-equilibrium model to compare fiscal and nominal exchange rate devaluation with respect to their impact on economic activity and the current account. In particular, it investigates to which extent fiscal devaluation mimics nominal exchange rate...
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What happens if a country devalues its currency? Standard macroeconomic theory would argue for expansionary effects, while recent theoretical contributions and the empirical evidence do not appear overly supportive. Devaluations have been mostly used by developing countries, but even...
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This paper uses matched bank-firm-level data and the 2014 depreciation of the euro to show that exchange rate …
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The link between exchange rates and interest rates features prominently in the theoretical and empirical literature on small open economies. This paper revisits this relationship using a simple model that incorporates the role of exchange rate pass-through into domestic prices and distinguishes...
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