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Exchange Rate Economics

Theories and Evidence

By Ronald MacDonald

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About the Book

Exchange Rate Economics: Theories and Evidence is the second edition of Floating Exchange Rates: Theories and Evidence and builds on the successful content and structure of the previous edition. It has been comprehensively updated and expanded to include additional literature on the determination of both fixed and floating exchange rates.

Core topics covered include:

Exchange Rate Economics: Theories and Evidence also includes extensive discussion of recent econometric work on exchange rates with a particular focus on equilibrium exchange rates and measuring exchange rate misalignment, as well as discussion on the non-fundamentals-based approaches to exchange rate behaviour, such as the market microstructure approach.

The book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students with an interest in all aspects of international finance and will also be of interest to practitioners interested in issues of equilibrium exchange rates and the forecastability of currencies in terms of macroeconomic fundamentals.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Some Basic Concepts and Stylised facts and the Case For (and Against) Floating Exchange Rates 2. Purchasing Power Parity and the PPP Puzzle 3. The Economics of the PPP Puzzle 4. The Flexible Price Monetary Model 5. The Sticky Price Monetary Model 6. Empirical Evidence on the Monetary Exchange Rate Model 7. Currency Substitution and Portfolio Balance Models 8. Real Exchange Rate Determination: Theory and Evidence 9. Equilibrium Exchange Rates: Measurement and Misalignment 10. The New Open Economy Macroeconomics and Exchange Rate Behaviour 11. The New Open Economy Macroeconomics: Pricing to Market and Exchange Rate Volatility Redux 12. The Economics of Fixed Exchange Rates, Part 1: Target Zone Models 13. The Economics of Fixed Exchange Rates, Part 2: Speculative Attack Models and Contagion 14. The Market Microstructure Approach to the Foreign Exchange Market 15. Spot and Forward Exchange Rates and the Forward Premium Puzzle