Does the Introduction of Futures on Emerging Market Currencies Destabilize the Underlying Currencies? /

Recent interest in futures contracts on emerging market currencies has raised concerns among some central bank authorities about their ability to maintain stable currencies. This paper presents empirical results examining the influence of the Mexican peso, the Brazilian real, and the Hungarian forin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jochum, Christian
Other Authors: Kodres, Laura
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/013
Online Access:Full text available on IMF