In this paper we have applied two approaches to the study of the dollar real exchange rate in relation with the Euro-area currencies. First, using dynamic panel techniques, we estimate an error correction model for the dollar real exchange rate versus seven developed countries, four of them...

This paper documents the function and use of the Gretl function package VCwrapper.pdf that implements the VC method for estimating time-varying coefficients in linear models as described in Schlicht (2021). It builds on the VCC program by Schlicht (2021a), is easy to use and highly configurable....

In this paper, an exploratory hierarchical method to classify variables is introduced as an alternative to principal component analysis when dealing with stock-exchange price time-series. The method is based on a particular principal component analysis applied to pairs of variables, each one...