Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft an der International University Bremen (IUB)

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Regional currency arrangements in North America

Choosing an exchange-rate regime is largely a matter of choosing the variables that will bear the brunt of adjustment to shocks and disturbances. Floating rates, supported by inflation-targeting regimes of varying degrees of transparency, have dominated currency arrangements in North America, especially after the peso crisis of 1994. Although the member countries have pursued their policy goals without formal coordination, their objectives have been very similar. Meanwhile, de facto integration of the three economies has continued, especially in the realm of cross-border production sharing. The result has been reduction of asymmetries and convergence of business cycles, as well as changes in balance of payments behavior and in the sensitivity of trade to the exchange rate. This paper explores the implications for monetary union.     

Corporate TV — Excellence in Emotion

Zusammenfassungen  Der Medien-Mix wird immer vielf?ltiger, die Ansprüche an ein effizientes Kommunikations- und Medienmanagement immer h?her. Insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund der Entwicklung des Web 2.0 erf?hrt das Kommunikationsinstrument Corporate TV einen enormen Bedeutungszuwachs. Wie sich die Fernsehlandschaft in den n?chsten Jahren ?ndern wird und welche Konsequenzen daraus entstehen, lesen Sie in diesem praxisnahen Expertenbeitrag.

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Dipl.-Betriebswirt (FH) Achim Bei?wenger Leiter Marketing und Vertrieb, Bavaria Film Interactive, München und Gründungsmitglied der Corporate TV Association (CTVA) sowie Doktorand an der TU Chemnitz

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Prof. Dr. Gernold P. Frank Professor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Personal und Organisation am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften der FH für Technik und Wirtschaft (FHTW), Berlin     

Exchange rate volatility and regime change: A Visegrad comparison

We analyze exchange rate volatility in the Visegrad Four countries during the period in which they abandoned tight regimes for more flexible ones. We account for path dependency, asymmetric shocks, and movements in interest rates. In addition, we allow for a generalized error distribution. The overall findings are that path-dependent volatility has a limited effect on exchange rate developments and that the introduction of floating regimes tends to increase exchange rate volatility. During the period of flexible regimes, volatility was mainly driven by surprises. Asymmetric effects of news tend to decrease volatility under the floating regime. Interest differentials impact exchange rate volatility contemporaneously under either regime, although we find no intertemporal effect of interest differentials. Journal of Comparative Economics 34 (4) (2006) 727–753.     

World economic slowdown

In the course of last year, the economic climate cooled down world-wide; it was placed under additional strain in late summer by the Gulf crisis. In some industrialized countries, especially the USA, recessive trends have recently gained prevalence. Do indications for 1991 therefore point to a downturn in the world economy?     

Reaganomics and the world economy

The upswing in the US economy, which has long since surpassed all expectations, has undoubtedly been a great success for the economic policy embarked upon by President Reagan. But has the treatment which has done the USA so much good also been good for the rest of the world? American observers always draw attention to the import boom, whilst overseas commentators are more concerned with the worldwide effects of the USA's very high interest rates.     

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