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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montiel, Peter
Other Authors: Jahjah, Samir
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/060
Online Access:Full text available on IMF