Monetary anchor for East Asia: Japan or United States?

Quah, Chee-Heong. and Crowley, P.M. and Ismail, M.N. (2010) Monetary anchor for East Asia: Japan or United States? African Journal of Business Management, 4 (6). pp. 1048-1058.

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Abstract

In this paper we apply the optimum currency area (OCA) criteria to assess the suitability of whether the United States or Japan would best serve as monetary anchor country for East Asian countries. The criteria used are trade openness, business cycle synchronisation, exchange rate volatility, inflation convergence, and interest rate cycle synchronisation. The `performance' of these two potential monetary anchor countries is compared for three different economic periods: the pre-crisis, the crisis, and the post-crisis period. Based on ratings of 16 countries in the region, results suggest that the United States might be the more fitting candidate to be the anchor country.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Optimum currency area; Asia; monetary union; business cycle; Japan; anchor currency
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Depositing User: Mr Faizal 2
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2015 02:43
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2015 02:43
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/13298

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