Interest Rate Defenses of Currency Pegs /

This paper studies a policy often used to defend a currency peg: raising short-term interest rates. The rationale for this policy is to stem demand for foreign reserves. Yet, this mechanism is absent from most monetary models. This paper develops a general equilibrium model with asset market frictio...

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Egile nagusia: Sole, Juan
Formatua: Aldizkaria
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Saila:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/085
Sarrera elektronikoa:Full text available on IMF