Global Equilibrium Exchange Rates: Euro, Dollar, 'Ins', 'Outs', and Other Major Currencies in a Panel Cointegration Framework

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Enrique Alberola

Bank of Spain- International Dept; Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Humberto Lopez

World Bank - Research Department

Angel J. Ubide

Tudor Investment Corporation

Susana G. Cervero

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: December 1999

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for calculating bilateral equilibrium exchange rates for a panel of currencies in a way that guarantees global consistency. The methodology has three parts: a theoretical model that encompasses the balance of payments and the Balassa-Samuelson approaches to real exchange rate determination; an unobserved components decomposition in a cointegration framework that identifies a time-varying equilibrium real exchange rate; and an algebraic transformation that extracts bilateral equilibrium nominal rates. The results uncover that, by the start of Stage III of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), the euro was significantly undervalued against the dollar and the pound, but overvalued against the yen. The paper also shows that the four major EMU currencies locked their parities with the euro at a rate close to equilibrium.

Keywords: Equilibrium Exchange Rates, Panel Cointegration

JEL Classification: F31, F41, C23

Suggested Citation

Alberola, Enrique and Lopez, Humberto and Ubide-Querol, Angel J. and Garcia Cervero, Susana, Global Equilibrium Exchange Rates: Euro, Dollar, 'Ins', 'Outs', and Other Major Currencies in a Panel Cointegration Framework (December 1999). IMF Working Paper No. 99/175, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=880830

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Humberto Lopez

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Susana Garcia Cervero

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