The literature has not being able to identify clear-cut real effects of exchange-rate regimes on output growth. Similarly, no definitive view emerges from the literature in regard to the effects of open capital markets on macroeconomic performance. The paper attributes the failure of the...

The purpose of this paper is to test the common view on the actual exchange rate regime, using very simple but intuitive OLS regression models based on Frankel and Wei's work (1994). The results show that, firstly, East Asian countries including Korea have returned to the dollar peg or managed...

Main description: Der Autor bietet eine umfassende Darstellung des Themas und hat dafür eine erhebliche Menge Spezialliteratur zu den einzelnen Aspekten ausgewertet. Er befaßt sich sowohl mit der vollkommenen Dollarisierung/Euroisierung von Volkswirtschaften (D/E-Systeme) als auch mit...

We use the Kalman filter to estimate the structure of the secret currency basket of the renminbi based on daily data between 2005 and 2009. The currency weights of selected currencies are modeled as stochastic processes (random walks). The official announcement of the new exchange rate regime in...