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Exchange rate misalignments: a comparison of China today against recent historical experiences of Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan (2012)
Journal Article
He, X., Qin, D., & Liu, Y. (2012). Exchange rate misalignments: a comparison of China today against recent historical experiences of Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 10(3), 247-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2012.699703

The familiar claim of Chinese currency manipulation is generally asserted without reference to empirical evidence. To investigate the legitimacy of the claim, we ask if the undervalued misalignment found in the real effective exchange rate (REER) of... Read More about Exchange rate misalignments: a comparison of China today against recent historical experiences of Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan.

Modelling the impact of aggregate financial shocks external to the Chinese economy (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Qin, D., & He, X. Modelling the impact of aggregate financial shocks external to the Chinese economy. Helsinki

Ways of extracting financial condition indices (FCI) are explored and alternative FCIs external to the Chinese economy are constructed to model their predictive content. The exploration aims at highlighting the rich and varied dynamic features of fin... Read More about Modelling the impact of aggregate financial shocks external to the Chinese economy.

Is the Chinese Currency Substantially Misaligned to Warrant Further Appreciation? (2011)
Journal Article
Qin, D., & He, X. (2011). Is the Chinese Currency Substantially Misaligned to Warrant Further Appreciation?. World Economy, 34(8), 1288-1307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01376.x

This study provides quarterly estimates of the misalignment in the real effective exchange rate (REER) of Renminbi (RMB) for the period 1999–2008. Starting from a commonly used economic approach, the estimates are obtained from an extensive applicati... Read More about Is the Chinese Currency Substantially Misaligned to Warrant Further Appreciation?.

Exchange rate misalignments: A comparison of China today against recent historical experiences of Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
He, X., Qin, D., & Liu, Y. Exchange rate misalignments: A comparison of China today against recent historical experiences of Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan. Helsinki

The familiar claim of Chinese currency manipulation is generally asserted without reference to empirical evidence. To investigate the legitimacy of the claim, we ask if the undervalued misalignment found in the real effective exchange rate (REER) of... Read More about Exchange rate misalignments: A comparison of China today against recent historical experiences of Japan, Germany, Singapore and Taiwan.

The Phillips Curve from the Perspective of the History of Econometrics (2011)
Journal Article
Qin, D. (2011). The Phillips Curve from the Perspective of the History of Econometrics. History of Political Economy, 43(Suppl 1), 283-308. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-1158763

This essay examines the history of econometrics through a case study of the Phillips curve, that is, econometric modeling of the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. It focuses on a number of questions: What econometric tools did modelers ch... Read More about The Phillips Curve from the Perspective of the History of Econometrics.

Econometric Studies of Business Cycles in the History of Econometrics (2010)
Preprint / Working Paper
Qin, D. Econometric Studies of Business Cycles in the History of Econometrics

This study examines the evolution of econometric research in business cycle analysis during the 1960-90 period. It shows how the research was dominated by an assimilation of the tradition of NBER business cycle analysis by the Haavelmo-Cowles Commiss... Read More about Econometric Studies of Business Cycles in the History of Econometrics.

A Dynamic Approach to Economic Theory: The Yale Lectures of Ragnar Frisch (2010)
Book
Bjerkholt, O., & Qin, D. (Eds.). (2010). A Dynamic Approach to Economic Theory: The Yale Lectures of Ragnar Frisch. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203845523

This book contains a set of notes prepared by Ragnar Frisch for a lecture series that he delivered at Yale University in 1930. The lecture notes provide not only a valuable source document for the history of econometrics, but also a more systematic i... Read More about A Dynamic Approach to Economic Theory: The Yale Lectures of Ragnar Frisch.