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reversion and assume that relative prices are unchanged. Direct forecasting or panel data techniques are better than the random …
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The forecast performance of the empirical ESTAR model of Taylor, Peel and Sarno (2001) is examined for 4 bilateral real exchange rate series over an out-of-sample eval-uation period of nearly 12 years. Point as well as density forecasts are constructed, considering forecast horizons of 1 to 22...
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We demonstrate that short-run real exchange effective rate changes are dominated by nominal effective exchange rate changes, while inflation rates are sticky and contribute little to short-run real exchange rate changes. These observations allow a rather accurate real-time approximation of the...
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This paper explores the robustness of behavioural equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) models, focusing on a panel … to (1) the combination of explanatory variables included in the model, (2) the set of currencies included in the panel … predicted by economic theory. By contrast, several macroeconomic variables commonly thought to be linked to real exchange rates …
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A decade ago the Economist began an annual survey of Big Mac prices as a guide to whether currencies are trading at the right exchange rates. This paper asks how well the hamburger standard has performed. Although average deviations from absolute Big Mac parity are large for several currencies,...
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