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International Investment Positions and Exchange Rate Dynamics: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

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  • Michael Binder
  • Christian J. Offermanns
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    In this paper we revisit medium- to long-run exchange rate determination, focusing on the role of international investment positions. To do so, we develop a new econometric framework accounting for conditional long-run homogeneity in heterogeneous dynamic panel data models. In particular, in our model the long-run relationship between effective exchange rates and domestic as well as weighted foreign prices is a homogeneous function of a country’s international investment position. We find rather strong support for purchasing power parity in environments of limited negative net foreign asset to GDP positions, but not outside such environments. We thus argue that the purchasing power parity hypothesis holds conditionally, but not unconditionally, and that international investment positions are an essential component to characterizing this conditionality. Finally, we adduce evidence that whether deterioration of a country’s net foreign asset to GDP position leads to a depreciation of that country’s effective exchange rate depends on its rate of inflation relative to the rate of inflation abroad as well as its exposure to global shocks.

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    Paper provided by CESifo Group Munich in its series CESifo Working Paper Series with number 2095.

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    Date of creation: 2007
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    Keywords: exchange rate determination; international financial integration; dynamic panel data models;

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    1. Francis Teal & Markus Eberhardt, 2010. "Aggregation versus Heterogeneity in Cross-Country Growth Empirics," Economics Series Working Papers CSAE WPS/2010-32, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    2. Sascha S. Becker, 2011. "What Drives the Relationship Between Inflation and Price Dispersion? Market Power vs. Price Rigidity," SFB 649 Discussion Papers SFB649DP2011-019, Sonderforschungsbereich 649, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

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