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I provide new evidence that incomplete consumption risk sharing across countries is an important determinant of carry trade returns. I show that there is a strong co-movement in idiosyncratic volatilities over time, and that shocks to the common idiosyncratic volatility (CIV) factor, defined as...
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This paper studies dynamics of endogenous business cycles and exchange rate volatility in a small open economy. Without market imperfections, domestic price and wage adjustments respond sluggishly to disequilibrium situations on real domestic markets while prices on international capital markets...
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The financial turmoil that hit Russia in August 1998 was extremely confusing to many foreign observers working in Russia. It was astonishing to see a country that seemed on its way to prosperity suddenly experiencing an economic meltdown. As part of my work, I was often asked to provide...
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The interactions between exchange rates, nominal interest rates and inflation in transition period of Bulgaria were investigated. The motivation is to draw policy inferences for small transition economy with an emerging market. The techniques appropriate for the data which is low in both quality...
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We investigate portfolio selection performance as in Markowitz by evaluating variance matrix estimation criteria in the currency market. This study challenges theoretically rigorous shrinkage covariance estimators using multiple evaluation metrics: systematic loss function, risk profile of...
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This paper studies dynamics of endogenous business cycles and exchange rate volatility in a small open economy. Without market imperfections, domestic price and wage adjustments respond sluggishly to disequilibrium situations on real domestic markets while prices on international capital markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538984
The adoption of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) in 1986 resulted in the transition from fixed exchange rate regime to floating exchange rate regime in Nigeria. Ever since, the exchange rate of naira vis-à-vis the U.S dollar has attained varying rates...
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In addition to its direct effects on the global trading and production structure, the ongoing process of globalisation may have important implications for the interaction of exchange rates and the overall economy. This paper presents evidence regarding possible changes in the role of exchange...
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Korean Abstract: 아시아 13개국의 외환 보유액 수요를 1990년~2006년간의 패널자료를 사용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과, 동아시아 국가에서 수입규모는 외환보유액 결정에 매우 중요한 변수로 나타났고, 또한 동아시아 각국의...
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This study is an endeavour to analyse the aspect of adhering to simplicity instead of complexity when one is striving to make a forecast and faced by an unprecedented amount of uncertainty. There is substantial evidence on the exchange rate pass-through and its significant implications for the...
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