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We present a new approach to study empirically the effect of the introduction of the euro on currency invoicing. Our … approach uses a compositional multinomial logit model, in which currency choice depends on the characteristics of both the … currency and the country. We use unique quarterly panel data of Norwegian imports from OECD countries for the 1996-2006 period …
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currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by …
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Using detailed firm-level transactions data for UK imports, we find that invoicing in a vehicle currency is pervasive …, with more than half of transactions in our sample invoiced in neither sterling nor the exporter’s currency. We then study … the relationship between invoicing currency choices and the response of import prices to exchange rate changes. We find …
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when it is, and is not, optimal to join a currency union with trading partners, implying zero exchange rate variation. …
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In this paper we investigate the effects of central bank interventions (CBI) in a noise trading model with chartists and fundamentalists. We first estimate a model in which chartists extrapolate past returns and fundamentalists forecast a mean reverting dynamics of the exchange rate towards a...
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China keeps its exchange rate tightly fixed to the dollar. Its productivity growth and trade surplus have been high, and it continues to accumulate large dollar reserves. Many observers take this as evidence that the renminbi is undervalued and should be appreciated to reduce the Chinese trade...
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We use realized volatility to study the influence of central bank interventions on the yen/dollar exchange rate. Realized volatility is a technical innovation that allows specifying a system of equations for returns, realized volatility, and interventions without endogeneity bias. We find that...
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This paper examines the demand and supply shocks observed in the present Eurozone member states and those observed in some neighboring countries. The analysis is based on recent data and each Eurozone member country is compared with an aggregate series corresponding to an area made up of the...
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This paper considers the nature and the distribution of trade and FDI effects of a potential enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) to the ten countries that obtained EU membership in 2004. One-way and two-way error component gravity models are estimated using a dataset of unbalanced...
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currency composition of China's international assets and liabilities. These factors include, among others, underlying valuation …
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