A Fiscal Theory of the Currency Risk Premium and of Sterilized Intervention /

This paper develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium monetary portfolio choice model that accomplishes two objectives. First, it provides a theory of currency risk premia based on a weak and plausible form of fiscal nonneutrality. Domestic and foreign bonds become imperfect substitutes, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kumhof, Michael
Other Authors: Nieuwerburgh, Stijn van
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/029
Online Access:Full text available on IMF