• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.193-218
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• 2006

본 논문은 한국의 근본적인 거시경제변수가 두 가지 다른 환율제도(자유변동 환율제도와 시장평균 환율제도)하에서 어떻게 다르게 반응하는가를 분석 연구한다. 이와 아울러 같은 기간 동안의 일본과 호주의 거시경제구조에 대한 비교 분석도 곁들인다. 한국은 1997년의 경제위기를 전후하여 환율정책을 시장평균 환율제도에서 자유변동 환율제도로 전환하였다. 이 시점을 계기로 한 한국의 외환정책 변경은 두 가지 환율제도를 비교 분석하는 데 아주 좋은 기회를 제공한다. 화폐경제이론에 기초한 환율결정 모델을 사용하여 대미환율과 거시경제변수에 대한 관계를 분석해 본 결과, 대미환율은 시장평균 환율제도하에서보다 자유변동 환율제도하에서 근본적인 거시경제변수에 더 민감하게 반응하는 것으로 나타났다. Impulse Response Analysis 분석결과에 의하면, 환율변동이 물가상승률에 미치는 영향은 시장평균 환율제도하에서 보다 자유변동 환율제도하에서 단기적으로 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결론은 개발도상국가에서는 안정적인 관리 환율제도가 경제성장을 위해 필요하다는 일반적인 견해와 일치하는 것이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2021

This study investigates the key determinants of exchange rate (RER) misalignment for the period 1991 to 2020. The BEER technique has been used to estimate the degree of the equilibrium exchange rate. To explore the actual exchange rate misalignment and to assess the behavior of variables that are different in different regimes of undervaluation and overvaluation, the nonlinear technique of Markov regime-switching (MSM) was applied. The mean and variance of each regime are highly significant and show that undervaluation episodes have a low mean (116.139) and more volatility (1.229) while overvaluation episodes have a high mean (126.732) with less volatility (0.871). The findings show that MSM accurately identifies exchange rate misalignment in both regimes as separate incidents of overvaluation and undervaluation. Results further depict that misalignment of the RER is affected by terms of trade, net foreign assets, interest differential, government investment, and consumption decision. Results recommend that if policymakers want to use the exchange rate as a policy tool, they must first consider the drivers of the equilibrium exchange rate. As a result, any deliberate actions to address exchange rate misalignment must focus on the underlying fundamentals that drive the exchange rate.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.115-143
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• 2023

In this paper, we address how the monetary authority should react to financial market status and exchange rate movements in a small open economy New Keynesian model with financial frictions due to asymmetric information between savers and borrowers. We show that the small economy with financial frictions is more susceptible to the exogenous shocks under the fixed exchange rate regime than under the flexible exchange regime. The small economy experiences a more prolonged and deeper economic recession under the fixed exchange rate regime than under the flexible exchange rate regime. The monetary policy taking into account external finance premium is better than the interest rate rule without considering the financial market status.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.27-39
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• 2022

The exchange rate is an important macroeconomic variable that influences internal and external balances. Nepal follows a dual exchange rate such that the Nepali rupee (NPR) is pegged with the Indian rupee (INR) but floats with the United States dollar (USD) and all other currencies. There have been very few studies on the exchange rate of Nepal, of which the majority focus on the bivariate relationship between exchange rate and another variable. However, this paper analyses the multivariate relationship between the USD-NPR exchange rate and major macroeconomic variables. Determinants of Nepal's exchange rate have been derived with multiple regression using the ordinary least square (OLS) approach. Since the explanatory variables could not significantly capture the movement of the dependent variable, a long-run relationship between Nepal and India's exchange rate has been analyzed using Engle-Granger cointegration to establish a relationship as suggested by a graphical representation. This explains that Nepal's exchange rate long run is determined by India's exchange rate than its own fundamentals. In addition, the macro-linkages of Nepal's macroeconomic variables have been analyzed using Standard Vector Autoregressive models followed by impulse response analysis which is useful for policy decisions. Some policy implications indicating the sustainability of Nepal's pegged regime have been drawn based on the empirical analysis.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.111-125
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• 1990

본고(本稿)는 원화환율(貨換率)의 적정운용(適正運用)을 모색해 보았다. 이를 위해 먼저 Lipschitz(1980)의 방식을 따라 원화(貨)의 실질실효환율(實質實效換率)을 안정시킬 수 있는 적정통화(適正通貨)"바스켓"을 구성해 보았다. 80년대 중반 이후 이를 적용했을 경우 실제의 경우보다 원화(貨)의 실질실효환율(實質實效換率)이 훨씬 안정될 수 있었음이 입증되었다. 또한 특정시점에서 구한 적정가중치(適正加重値)를 계속해서 적용하는 것보다 주요환율(主要換率)과 상대물가간(相對物價間)의 관계변화(關係變化)에 따라 가중치(加重値)를 수정해 나가는 것이 바람직하다는 점도 지적되었다. 이와 같은 적정통화(適正通貨)"바스켓"과 그에 기초한 "바스켓"환율(換率)은 우리의 경상수지(經常收支)나 생산성(生産性) 변화추이(變化推移)와 함께 시장평균환율제도하(市場平均換率制度下)에서 적절한 환율운용(換率運用)을 위한 중장기적(中長期的) 지표(指標)의 하나가 될 수 있을 것이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.833-840
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• 2021

This paper examines the effect of the interest rate set by Bank Indonesia on financial system stability as measured by the credit gap in Indonesia for quarterly data for the period 1976 Q1 to 2019 Q4. We suppose that the relationship between the Central Bank rate and the credit gap is non-linear. Hence, this study applies a smooth transition regression (STR) model to investigate the relationship between these variables. Our results are: first, by performing STR estimation we obtained a threshold level of Central Bank rate of 2.01. Second, a decrease in the Central Bank rate results in a reduction in the credit gap when the Central Bank rate is above or below the threshold level. The effect of the Central Bank rate is five times greater for the high regime than for the low regime. Third, we find evidence that the effect of the exchange rate, economic growth, inflation, and GDP per capita on the credit gap for the high regime is the opposite of the low regime. We suggest that policymakers need to keep the Central Bank interest rate low and stable so that the role of the bank as a financial intermediary remains stable and conducive to strengthening financial stability.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.34-45
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• 1984

The aim of this study is to investigate efficiency of foreign exchange markets for 8 currencies for the floating rate regime 1974～1982 by comparison of various foreign exchange rate forecasting models’performances. The author presents evidences showing that efficient market hypothesis was not supported.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.1-26
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• 2010

본 논문은 한국이 1997년 외환위기 이후 변동환율제 도입과 더불어 자본자유화로 자본시장이 글로벌화된 상황에서 외부로부터 독립적인 통화정책을 유지할 수 있었는지를 자본자유화 이전 기간과 비교하여 분석했다. 트릴레마 이론에 비추어보면, 자본자유화 이전에는 환율시장에 적극적으로 개입을 해도 이론적으로 독립적인 통화정책을 유지할 수 있는 여지가 있었으며, 자본자유화 이후에는 환율제도가 자유변동환율제도로 전환함에 따라 독립적인 통화정책을 유지할 수 있는 여지가 있었다. 하지만 한국과 같은 소규모 개방경제의 경우 자본시장이 완전히 개방되어 국가 간 연계성이 증가하고, 막대한 양의 국제자본 유출입이 발생하여 환율과 자산 시장의 심각한 불안정성을 초래할 수 있으므로 외국의 통화정책과 자본 흐름으로부터 완전히 자유로운 통화정책을 집행하기 어려울 수 있다. 본 논문의 실증분석에서는 부를 미국으로 국한하여 한국의 통화정책이 미국의 통화정책으로부터 독립적인지 블록 외생성 구조 VAR 모형을 이용하여 자세히 분석하였다. 그 결과 한국의 통화정책이 자본자유화 이전과 이후 두 기간 모두에서 미국의 통화정책으로부터 완전히 독립적으로 운용되지 못하였던 것으로 보인다. 자본자유화 이후 기간의 경우 완전한 변동환율제를 실제로 운용하기는 쉽지 않았고, 이로 인해 필연적으로 한국의 통화정책은 외부의 충격으로부터 완전히 독립적이지 못했던 것으로 보인다. 또한 자본자유화 이후 기간에는 포트폴리오 자본의 유출입이 자본자유화 이전 기간에 비해 매우 민감하게 변화하여 독립적인 통화정책의 운영에 어려움을 초래한 것으로 보인다. 따라서 향후 자본의 글로벌화에 효과적으로 대응하면서 통화정책을 독립적으로 유지할 수 있는 정책의 틀을 개발하는 것이 시급하다고 하겠다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2022

This paper examined the impact of real exchange rate volatility on trade balance in Malaysia by using quarterly data from year 2000 until 2019. Generalized Autoregressive Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model was used to extract the volatility component of real exchange rate before examining its impact on trade balance. Furthermore, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was used to investigate the long-run relationship and short-run dynamic between trade balance, money supply, national income and volatility of exchange rate. Empirical results show the existence of co-movement between variables under study in the long-run. However, the results also suggest that volatility of real exchange rate does not significantly affect trade balance neither in the long-run nor short-run. The risk which is associated in the movement of exchange rate do not influence trader's behaviour toward Malaysia exports and imports. Thus, it should be note that any depreciation or appreciation in Malaysian Ringgit do not have an impact towards trade balance either it is being further improved or deteriorates. Hence, exchange rate volatility may not be too concern for policymakers. This may be partially due to manage floating exchange rate regime that has been adopted by Malaysia eventually eliminated the element of risk in the currency market.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2022

This study uses the panel probit model to investigate and evaluate the relationship between exchange rate regimes, political stability, and carbon dioxide during currency crises. To understand currency crisis times, we study a panel dataset of seven South Asian nations that contain annual observations from 1996 to 2020. Furthermore, we created the EMPI exchange market pressure indicator to detect crises. Our results strongly suggested that fixed exchange rate is negatively associated with currency crises, with good regulatory quality and better effective governments. Simultaneously, the floating exchange rate is positively related to the currency crises in those countries where the rule of law has less adequately flowed. However, CO₂, exports, and interest rates are buoyantly associated with crises. The floating exchange rate, the rule of law, exports, and interest rate are associated positively and contribute more prone to the crisis episodes. Negatively associated variables contributed less amid crises episodes: fixed exchange rate regime, government effectiveness, and regulatory quality. Meanwhile, CO₂ has a positive relationship with a currency crisis and contributes more likelihood to the probability of a currency crisis. Countries that adopted the fixed exchange rates with effective governments and regulatory quality faced more minor currency crises.