Evaluating the costs and benefits of exchange rate stability requires a somewhat different approach for Mercosur than for the EU. EU member countries are highly integrated in terms of trade in goods and services. By contrast, trade integration within Mercosur is much more limited, intra-area...

This paper investigates the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms using panel data techniques. We look at a broad sample of countries (the "world sample") and also an OECD sample. Our main findings suggest that adopting a fixed exchange rate rule is...

Since the demise of the Bretton Woods system, the yen has seen several episodes of strong appreciation, including in the late 1970s, after the 1985 Plaza Agreement, the early and late 1990s and after 2008. These appreciations have not only been associated with “expensive yen recessions”...

(Wie) Reagieren Aktien-Returns auf die Geldpolitik? Eine ARDL-Analyse für Deutschland Sind Zentralbanken in der Lage, Aktienmarktrenditen systematisch zu beeinflussen? Um diese Frage zu beantworten, testen wir die Kointegrationsbeziehung zwischen Renditemaßen für den Aktienmarkt und dem...