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Fixed currency regimes and the time pattern of trade effects

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  • Dorn, Sabrina
  • Egger, Peter H.

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This paper assesses duration-specific treatment effects of fixed currency regimes on bilateral trade along a duration path of up to 25 years. We find that country-pairs with fixed exchange rate regimes trade more, but only after about 8 years.

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  • Dorn, Sabrina & Egger, Peter H., 2013. "Fixed currency regimes and the time pattern of trade effects," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 119(2), pages 120-123.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:119:y:2013:i:2:p:120-123
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.01.017
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    Keywords

    Currency unions; Bilateral trade; Treatment effects; Stratified matching;
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    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

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