Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan

In this paper the currency substitution hypothesis is tested empirically on the Japanese money demand, using monthly data from January 1977 to December 1989. Under a flexible exchange rate a rational economic agent forms currency portfolios for both transaction and speculative reasons for demandin...

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Main Authors: Chotigeat, T., Sang, H. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1996
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3112/1/Currency_Substitution_via_Expected_Exchange_Rate_and_Domestic_Money.pdf
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description In this paper the currency substitution hypothesis is tested empirically on the Japanese money demand, using monthly data from January 1977 to December 1989. Under a flexible exchange rate a rational economic agent forms currency portfolios for both transaction and speculative reasons for demanding money. The nonlinear multivariate maximum likelihood estimation was used to estimate jointly the Japanese money demand and the expected exchange rate equation; possible existence of current substitution is found. The empirical results indicate that (a) the expected exchange rate for the Japanese yen/Canadian dollar shows currency substitution due to speculative demand, and (b) the expected exchange rate of the yen/US dollar shows currency substitution due to transaction demand.
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spelling upm.eprints-31122013-05-27T07:05:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3112/ Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan Chotigeat, T. Sang, H. Lee In this paper the currency substitution hypothesis is tested empirically on the Japanese money demand, using monthly data from January 1977 to December 1989. Under a flexible exchange rate a rational economic agent forms currency portfolios for both transaction and speculative reasons for demanding money. The nonlinear multivariate maximum likelihood estimation was used to estimate jointly the Japanese money demand and the expected exchange rate equation; possible existence of current substitution is found. The empirical results indicate that (a) the expected exchange rate for the Japanese yen/Canadian dollar shows currency substitution due to speculative demand, and (b) the expected exchange rate of the yen/US dollar shows currency substitution due to transaction demand. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 1996 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3112/1/Currency_Substitution_via_Expected_Exchange_Rate_and_Domestic_Money.pdf Chotigeat, T. and Sang, H. Lee (1996) Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 4 (2). pp. 155-164. ISSN 0128-7702 English
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Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan
title Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan
title_full Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan
title_fullStr Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan
title_full_unstemmed Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan
title_short Currency Substitution via Expected Exchange Rate and Domestic Money Demand: An Empirical Analysis for Japan
title_sort currency substitution via expected exchange rate and domestic money demand an empirical analysis for japan
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