Exchange Rate Policy and Debt Crises in Emerging Economies /

We explore a model intended to capture the interaction between exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, and outright default on foreign-currency denominated debt. We examine how the exchange rate affects the supply of short-term debt facing the government. We show that under a credible hard peg (currenc...

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Autor Principal: Montiel, Peter
Outros autores: Jahjah, Samir
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/060
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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