Structural Reforms and the Exchange Rate Regime : A Panel Analysis for the World versus OECD Countries

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Belke, Ansgar ; Herz, Bernhard ; Vogel, Lukas:
Structural Reforms and the Exchange Rate Regime : A Panel Analysis for the World versus OECD Countries.
Stuttgart , 2005 . - (Hohenheimer Diskussionsbeiträge ; 263 )

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We test the significance of the relationship between the exchange rate regime and the degree of structural reforms by estimating panel regressions for a world and an OECD country sample. The empirical results suggest a positive correlation between on the one side the adoption of an exchange rate rule and on the other side overall structural reforms as well as reforms in the money and banking sector in the broad country sample. For government size and for market regulation, we do not find any robust significant effect, however. The results do not confirm the main implication of Calmfors-type models, namely a higher degree of reforms under monetary policy autonomy. They corroborate conditional policy convergence and, partly, that limiting monetary policy autonomy fosters structural reforms.

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Item Type:	Working paper, discussion paper
Keywords:	exchange rates; monetary policy regime; liberalisation; panel data; political economy of reform
Subject classification:	JEL Classifications: D78, E52, E61
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics I - International Economics and Finance Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Economics I - International Economics and Finance > Chair Economics I - International Economics and Finance - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Herz
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2017 14:16
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2019 05:40
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/40631