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This paper introduces a simple methodology to forecast international trade. The main innovation is to calculate non-unitary expenditure elasticities of import demand implied by non-homothetic preferences in the previous year to be further combined with the current change in expenditure to...
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This paper aims to shed light on why the downturn in global trade during the intensification of the financial crisis in 2008Q4-2009Q1 was so severe and synchronized across the world, and also examines the subsequent recovery in global trade during 2009Q2-2010Q1. The paper finds that a structural...
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Using a panel model of goods exports for 16 OECD economies, we quantify advanced economies' export performance since the ‘Great Trade Collapse' (GTC). We go beyond the traditional determinants of trade to include a variable measuring shifts in the sectoral composition of world trade and split...
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This paper aims to shed light on why the downturn in global trade during the intensification of the financial crisis in 2008Q4-2009Q1 was so severe and synchronized across the world, and also examines the subsequent recovery in global trade during 2009Q2-2010Q1. The paper finds that a structural...
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-at-Risk (VaR) forecast that combines the forecasts of different VaR models. The robust forecast is based on the median of the point … VaR forecasts of a set of conditional volatility models. This risk management strategy is GFC-robust in the sense that … 2008-09 global financial crisis. We investigate the performance of a variety of single and combined VaR forecasts in terms …
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This paper discusses the role of the credit rating agencies during the recent financial crises. In particular, it examines whether the agencies can add to the dynamics of emerging market crises. Academics and investors often argue that sovereign credit ratings are responsible for pronounced...
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selecting a Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecast that combines the forecasts of different VaR models, was proposed in McAleer et al …. (2010c). The robust forecast is based on the median of the point VaR forecasts of a set of conditional volatility models … generally GFC-robust. We investigate the performance of a variety of single and combined VaR forecasts in terms of daily capital …
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The paper aims at assessing the mechanics of the Great Recession, considering both its domestic propagation within the US, as well as its spillovers to advanced and emerging economies. A total of 50 countries has been investigated by means of a large-scale open economy macroeconometric model,...
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