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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Päätekijä: Sole, Juan
Aineistotyyppi: Aikakauslehti
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Sarja:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/085
Linkit:Full text available on IMF