Further Evidence on Implicit Bands in the Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate

FEDEA Working Paper No. 2006-19

29 Pages Posted: 6 Jul 2006

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Francisco Ledesma Rodríguez

University of La Laguna - Department of Applied Economics

Manuel Navarro Ibáñez

University of La Laguna - Department of Applied Economics

Jorge Pérez Rodríguez

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Faculty of Economic Science

Simon Sosvilla-Rivero

UCM Institute for Economic Analysis

Date Written: June 2006

Abstract

This paper attempts to identify implicit exchange rate regimes for the Yen/Dollar exchange rate. To that end, we apply a sequential procedure that considers both the dynamics of exchange rates and central bank interventions to data covering the period from 1971 to 2003. Our results would suggest that implicit bands existed in two subperiods: April-December 1980 and March-December 1987, the latter coinciding with the Louvre Accord. Furthermore, the study of the credibility of such implicit bands indicates the high degree of confidence attributed by economic agents to the evolution of the Yen/Dollar exchange rate within the detected implicit band rate, thus lending further support to the relevance of such implicit bands.

Keywords: Exchange rate regimes, implicit fluctuation bands, exchange rates

JEL Classification: F31, F33

Suggested Citation

Ledesma Rodríguez, Francisco J. and Navarro Ibáñez, Manuel and Pérez Rodríguez, Jorge and Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon, Further Evidence on Implicit Bands in the Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate (June 2006). FEDEA Working Paper No. 2006-19, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=912624 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.912624

Francisco J. Ledesma Rodríguez (Contact Author)

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Manuel Navarro Ibáñez

University of La Laguna - Department of Applied Economics ( email )

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Jorge Pérez Rodríguez

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Simon Sosvilla-Rivero

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