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Robert E. Cumby

Professor of Economics, Georgetown University
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[PDF][PDF] International interest rate and price level linkages under flexible exchange rates: a review of recent evidence

RE Cumby, M Obstfeld - Exchange rate theory and practice, 1984 - nber.org
… ) will generally induce a nonzero correlation between the filtered disturbance <r+3 and
the filtered regressors. For a more detailed argument, see Cumby, Huizinga, and Obstfeld (1983). …

The interaction between monetary and fiscal policy

M Canzoneri, R Cumby, B Diba - Handbook of monetary economics, 2010 - Elsevier
Our chapter reviews positive and normative issues in the interaction between monetary and
fiscal policy, with an emphasis on how views on policy coordination have changed over the …

Estimation of the optimal futures hedge

SG Cecchetti, RE Cumby, S Figlewski - The Review of Economics and …, 1988 - JSTOR
… where R is the rate of return on the cash position and Rf is the rate of return on the futures
position. The variance of … But, when there is time variation in the joint distribution of (R '. Rf), a …

Is the price level determined by the needs of fiscal solvency?

MB Canzoneri, RE Cumby, BT Diba - American Economic Review, 2001 - aeaweb.org
… Although Bohn does not discuss R and NR regimes directly, his finding would constitute
evidence in favor of an R regime if we were to assume that his regression equation had properly …

[HTML][HTML] Relative labor productivity and the real exchange rate in the long run: evidence for a panel of OECD countries

MB Canzoneri, RE Cumby, B Diba - Journal of international economics, 1999 - Elsevier
… If we define the PPP exchange rate for country i at date t as(6) r i,t = P T 1,t P T i,t purchasing
power … We therefore test whether ln(E i,t ) and ln(r i,t ) are cointegrated and whether the …

Evaluating the performance of international mutual funds

RE Cumby, JD Glen - The Journal of finance, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
… excess return r pt … r pt on r et . The problem that arises with the Jensen measure when the
investor has timing information can be seen by examining the weights, w t . For large values of r

Testing the autocorrelation structure of disturbances in ordinary least squares and instrumental variables regressions

RE Cumby, J Huizinga - 1990 - nber.org
… In the appendix we show that V, is the asymptotic covariance matrix of r and that the asymptotic
covariance matrix of r with 3r/65 (d- 8) is BDC" . Proposition l combines the se findings in …

[PDF][PDF] Exchange-rate expectations and nominal interest differentials: A test ofthe fisher hypothesis

RE Cumby, M Obstfeld - 1980 - nber.org
This note tests the hypothesis that nominal interest differentials between similar assets
denominated in different currencies can be explained entirely by the expected change in the …

[PDF][PDF] Should the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve be concerned about fiscal policy?

MB Canzoneri, RE Cumby, B Diba - Rethinking stabilization …, 2002 - kansascityfed.org
… So, for future reference, CBT–or what is more commonly known as seigniorage–can be
expressed as R times M: M is the base for the seigniorage tax, and R is the tax rate. The discount …

Two-step two-stage least squares estimation in models with rational expectations

RE Cumby, J Huizinga, M Obstfeld - Journal of econometrics, 1983 - Elsevier
… 52, can be expressed as the product RR’, where R is non-singular; … and R is non-singular.
As shown in section 3, 2S2SLS arises as the natural Aitken estimator for eq. (16), and this …