Building on an analytical model, we provide cross-country empirical evidence that net skilled emigration appreciates bilateral real exchange rates through the wage channel in source countries. Chains of causality in the presence of the Law of One Price run through the "spending effect" and the...

We examine the issue of the widening wealth inequality in the People's Republic of China (PRC) from the perspective of housing. Using China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data from 2011, we find that the PRC's wealth inequality including housing is much larger than income inequality. Housing...

This paper investigates sources and determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing Asia using bilateral FDI flows for the period 1990-2005. The Triad (composed of Japan, EU, and the US) has accounted for about 35-40% of FDI inflows to developing Asia in recent years, with...

This paper revisits the issue of exchange rate regimes in emerging Asia. It is divided into two main parts. The first part compares de jure and de facto exchange rate regimes in Asia over the decade 1999-2009. It finds that while Asia is home to a wide array of exchange rate regimes, there are...

Inflationssteuer vermutlich in jeder Höhe ineffizient Die traditionelle Berechnung der optimalen Inflationssteuer führt zu optimalen Inflationsraten von zwischen 30% und 200%. Dies läßt jegliche von erwarteten höheren Inflationsraten verursachte Outputkosten außer acht. Wir behaupten, daß...

Der monetäre Ansatz der Wechselkurse: Ein Überblick über neuere empirische Untersuchungen Während des vergangenen Jahrzehnts hat sich ein sehr starkes Interesse für den monetären Ansatz der Erklärung von Zahlungsbilanz und Wechselkursen entwickelt. Seit der Einführung flexibler...