Table of Contents
Series Foreword vii
Introduction 1
1 Toward a Behavioral Theory of the Exchange Rate Paul De Grauwe 11
2 Cross-Country Exposures to the Swiss Franc Agustín S. Bénétrix Philip R. Lane 37
3 On the Roles of Different Foreign Currencies in European Bank Lending Signe Krogstrup Cédric Tille 67
4 Understanding Exchange Rate Exposure through Net Foreign Exchange Position Channel Fatih Altunok Huseyin Aytug Arif Oduncu 95
5 Strategic Currency Choice in International Trade Maria V. Sokolova 129
6 Probability of a Currency Crash and Postcrash Output Performance: Do Exchange Rate Regimes Matter? Juann H. Hung 167
7 Foreign Currency Denominated Assets and International Shock Absorption in Europe and East Asia Gunther Schnabl 211
8 External Debt and International Trade: Another Mismatch Eiji Fujii 241
9 Assessing the Forward Premium Puzzle: A Factor-Augmented Panel Data Approach Jörg Breitung Katja Mann 265
10 The Geopolitics of Ascending Global Currencies Peter Garber 289
Contributors 297
Index 299