The Role of the Current Account in Asset Market Models of Exchange Rate Determination: European University Institute - Series D

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Outline -- PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Introduction: Exchange Rate Theories and the Current Account -- 2. The Monetary Approach -- 3. Portfolio Balance and Wealth Redistribution Effects of the Current Account -- 4. Exchange Rate Expectations and the Current Account -- 5. Diversified Current Account Financing in Portfolio Balance Models -- APPENDICES -- PART I I : EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -- 6. Introduction and Outline -- 7. Testing the Basic Model: The Approach of Branson, Halttunen and Hasson -- 8. Testing a Multi-Country Model: The Approach of Martin and Masson -- 9. The Standard Portfolio Model: further Empirical Evidence -- 10. Diversified Current-Account Financing: Some Empirical Signs of Its Significance in the Deutsche Mark/US Dollar Case -- 11. Negative Net Foreign Asset Positions: Exchange Rate Stability in Portfolio Balance Models -- Appendices -- REFERENCES