This paper studies the role of exchange rates and dollar invoicing in driving the dynamics of international trade flows. It uses a granular decomposition of trade flows at the bilateral level to highlight a bifurcation, whereby in response to a rise in US interest rates, final goods trade...

The literature has not being able to identify clear-cut real effects of exchange-rate regimes on output growth. Similarly, no definitive view emerges from the literature in regard to the effects of open capital markets on macroeconomic performance. The paper attributes the failure of the...

This article shows that the United States Dollar has been unconstitutional since at least the Civil War. Congresses and central bankers often weaken its value. In a previous article, I demonstrated that the largely valueless Dollar causes human poverty and environmental damage. If Congress...

This paper discusses major analytical aspects of dollarization and their practical implications. We develop a simple model to stress that dollarization implies the loss of independent monetary policy and of seigniorage, yet the significance of such losses can only be evaluated in conjunction...

Over 85% of all foreign exchange (FX) transactions involve the US dollar. I show that the US dollar dominates FX trading volume because of strategic avoidance of price impact. To demonstrate this, I leverage the fact that non-dollar currency pairs can be traded indirectly by using the US dollar...