Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57785 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Arbeiten aus dem Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg No. 289
Publisher: 
Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg, Regensburg
Abstract: 
We investigate the likely sources of exchange rate dynamics in selected CIS countries (Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) over the last dec-ade (1999-2010). Evidence is based on country VARs augmented by a regional com-mon factor structure (FAVAR model). The models include nominal exchange rates, the common factor of exchange rates in the CIS countries, and international drivers such as global trade, share prices, and oil price. Global, regional and idiosyncratic shocks are identified in a standard Cholesky fashion. Their relevance for exchange rates is ex-plored by a decomposition of the variance of forecast errors. The impact of global shocks to in the developments of exchange rates has increased, in particular, if financial shocks are considered. Because of the financial crisis, regional shocks have become more important at the expense of global shocks.
Subjects: 
Exchange rates, CIS countries, financial crisis, FAVAR models
JEL: 
F31
C22
G15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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