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Reduced exchange rate volatility and higher and less heterogeneous quality of institutional rules and macroeconomic …
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During the last decade, economists have intensively searched for evidence on the importance of the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) hypothesis in explaining nominal convergence. One general result is that B-S can at best explain only part of the excess inflation observed in the European catching-up...
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In light of the recent discussion regarding the measurement of uncertainty and its impact on economic activity, this paper derives forward-looking measures of uncertainty and directional expectations for the CHF/EUR exchange rate based on over-the-counter option data and analyses its impact on...
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investment and a relationship between trade and exchange rate volatility that depend on the sign of bilateral trade balances …
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captures various mechanisms by which exchange rate volatility may influence the demand for extra-euro area imports. If … importers are risk averse, the model predicts not only a negative effect of exchange rate volatility, but also substitution … volatility. Using quarterly data for the past eleven years, panel estimates suggest that extra-area exchange rate volatility may …
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After presenting the institutional construction during the pre-accession and post-accession to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the exchange rate mechanisms (ERM) in several countries and the convergence criteria, we go on with a brief analysis of the way the CEE countries cope with the...
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This paper analyzes the factors underlying the weakness of the euro. For this purpose, the framework advocated by Clarida and Gali (1994) is used. Within this model, three structural shocks drive the dynamics of the endogenous variables: aggregate supply shocks, aggregate spending shocks, and...
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We analyse the pattern of daily Euro - US Dollar exchange rates from the birth of Euro in January 1999 to December 2011. We document that also this series is I(1), as is usual for nominal bilateral exchange rates. However, we find evidence of the presence of day effects – even if they play a...
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to 2003. It offers an overview of the theory of purchasing power parity (Ppp), focusing particularly on likely sources of …
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