Monetary Independence in Emerging Markets : Does the Exchange Rate Regime Make a Difference? /

This paper compares the impact of shocks to U.S. interest rates and emerging market bond spreads on domestic interest rates and exchange rates across several emerging market economies with different exchange rate regimes. Consistent with conventional priors, the results indicate that interest rates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philippon, Thomas
Other Authors: Borensztein, Eduardo, Zettelmeyer, Jeromin
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/001
Online Access:Full text available on IMF