Target Zones and Interest Rate Variability /

The trade-off between interest rate variability and the width of an exchange rate target zone is examined, using the regulated Brownian motion model of target zones. The interest rate differential's asymptotic (unconditional) variability is increasing in the exchange rate band for narrow bands;...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Svensson, Lars
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1990/031
Online Access:Full text available on IMF