IMF Working Papers

Exchange Rate Economics: A Survey

By Mark P. Taylor, Ronald MacDonald

June 1, 1991

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Mark P. Taylor, and Ronald MacDonald. Exchange Rate Economics: A Survey, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

We survey the literature on the two main views of exchange rate determination that have evolved since the early 1970s: the monetary approach to the exchange rate (in flex-price, sticky-price and real interest differential formulations) and the portfolio balance approach. We then go on to discuss the extant empirical evidence on these models and conclude by discussing how the future research strategy in the area of exchange rate determination is likely to develop. We also discuss the literature on foreign exchange market efficiency, on exchange rates and ‘news’ and on international parity conditions.

Subject: Currencies, Exchange rate modelling, Exchange rates, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Interest rate parity, Money, Purchasing power parity

Keywords: Canadian dollar, Currencies, Exchange rate Economics, Exchange rate modelling, Exchange rates, Expectations agent, Forward rate, Interest rate parity, Mark-dollar exchange rate, Nominal exchange rate, Nominal rate, Portfolio balance equation, Price level, Purchasing power parity, Random walk, Rate of exchange, Risk neutrality, Risk premium, Time series, U.S. dollar, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    61

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1991/062

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0621991

  • ISBN:

    9781451964394

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 39, No. 1, March 1992.

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