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Three Essays On International Economics And Finance, Juan Antonio Montecino
Three Essays On International Economics And Finance, Juan Antonio Montecino
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation studies the macroeconomic and social impacts of two increasingly common macroeconomic policies: restrictions on international capital mobility -- capital controls -- and so-called unconventional monetary policy -- often referred to as “quantitative easing.” The consensus view is that capital controls can effectively lengthen the maturity composition of capital inflows and increase the independence of monetary policy but are not generally effective at reducing net inflows and influencing the real exchange rate. The first essay presents empirical evidence that although capital controls may not directly affect the long-run equilibrium level of the real exchange rate, they may enable disequilibria …
Essays On The Law Of One Price In Financial Markets And The Recent Financial Crisis, Igor Sorkin
Essays On The Law Of One Price In Financial Markets And The Recent Financial Crisis, Igor Sorkin
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Essay 1: The theory of the Law of One Price (LOOP) is one of the most important theories in International Economics. I use financial markets to revisit the validity of the LOOP in the short run, and then extend the analysis into the long-run to examine whether events such as the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 can lead to the failure of the LOOP or worsen deviations from it. Using the data on Canadian companies cross-listed on the New York Stock Exchange, I find strong support that the LOOP holds in a cross-sectional framework despite the fact that the sample includes …