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We represent the dynamic relation among variables in vector autoregressive (VAR) models as directed graphs. Based on these graphs, we identify so‐called strongly connected components. Using this graphical representation, we consider the problem of variable choice. We use the relations among...
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This study unfolds the role of national culture in determining the firm financial performance through channel of corporate financial policy. Sample size consists of 7623 non-financial sector firms from 13 Asian economies and fixed-effect model applies to estimates the regression. As the findings...
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2020 was a terrible year for Asia but for some countries less than for others. Countries recovered divergently with some managing to grow positively notwithstanding the pandemic, namely mainland China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The rest of Asia had a hard time, facing problems such as current-account...
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"overshooting" in the Dornbusch sense. We proposed to use the interest differential between to countries as a direct and reliable … measure of the extend of overshooting. Observing that differential immediately reveals that the past appreciation of the … dollar against the mark has hardly anything to do with overshooting. …
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Seit Mitte 2007 sind die Preise für Grundnahrungsmittel wie Reis, Mais und Weizen bei international gehandelten Sorten dramatisch gestiegen. In welchem Umfang zu dieser Entwicklung Spekulationen an den Rohstoffmärkten beigetragen haben, lässt sich nicht beziffern. Unabhängig davon setzt eine...
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This paper introduces a novel panel approach to structural vector autoregressive analysis. For identification, we impose independence of structural innovations at the pooled level. We demonstrate robustness of the method under cross‐sectional correlation and heterogeneity through simulation...
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This article addresses Japan's economy, its new economic policy package, which is known as Abenomics. The centerpiece of Abenomics has been the three "economic arrows" targeted at aggressive monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy, and growth strategy. This article focuses on Abenomics and shows...
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It is well known that government monetary policies significantly impact financial markets. There have been numerous studies examining the relationship between monetary policy and the prices of financial assets, including equities and bonds. Little, however, has been done to explore the impact of...
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We propose using a simple Taylor rule to evaluate business cycle convergence of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland with the Eurozone. Our findings indicate an ongoing convergence of those CEE countries to the Eurozone, but with instabilities and heterogeneity between the countries....
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Monetary conditions index (MCI) has become an important indicator of monetary policy performance since its introduction by Bank of Canada in the 1990s. This is so, as the index allows central banks to gauge monetary policy stance and effectiveness. This paper builds an MCI for the seven (7)...
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