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Post–Plaza intervention in the DEM/USD exchange rate

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In this paper, whether specific methods of conducting central bank interventions increase the likelihood of achieving its objectives in analysed. Daily Bundesbank and Fed intervention data covering the entire Post–Plaza period are used to estimate binary choice models over the sample of observations when at least one of the two central banks were intervening. The results suggest that central banks can, in fact, improve the likelihood of success primarily through coordination and that unilateral intervention conducted by the Bundesbank appears to have been destabilizing. Furthermore, it is shown that relatively infrequent intervention has a higher likelihood of success. JEL classification: E58, F31, F42, G15 Intervention dans le monde du taux de change dollar/mark après l’Accord de Plaza. Ce mémoire explore la question à savoir si des méthodes spécifiques d’intervention par la banque centrale accroissent la probabilité que les objectifs soient atteints. A l’aide de données sur l’impact des interventions de la Bundesbank et de la Federal Reserve pour toute la période qui a suivi l’Accord de Plaza, on calibre les modèles de choix binaires pour l’échantillon des données quand au moins l’une des deux banques centrales est intervenue. Les résultats suggèrent que les banques centrales peuvent en fait améliorer la probabilité de succès dans la poursuite des objectifs via la collaboration et que les interventions unilatérales de la Bundesbank semblent avoirété déstabilisantes. De plus, il semble que des inteerventions relativement moinsfréquentes ont une plus grande probabilité de succès.

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  • Rasmus Fatum, 2002. "Post–Plaza intervention in the DEM/USD exchange rate," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(3), pages 556-567, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:35:y:2002:i:3:p:556-567
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-5982.00145
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    1. Christopher J. Neely, 2005. "An analysis of recent studies of the effect of foreign exchange intervention," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 87(Nov), pages 685-718.
    2. Neely, Christopher J., 2008. "Central bank authorities' beliefs about foreign exchange intervention," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 1-25, February.
    3. Michel Beine & Charles S. Bos & Sébastien Laurent, 2007. "The Impact of Central Bank FX Interventions on Currency Components," Journal of Financial Econometrics, Oxford University Press, vol. 5(1), pages 154-183.
    4. Fatum, Rasmus & Hutchison, Michael M., 2010. "Evaluating foreign exchange market intervention: Self-selection, counterfactuals and average treatment effects," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 29(3), pages 570-584, April.
    5. Sweeney, Richard J., 2007. "Fed intervention, dollar appreciation, and systematic risk," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 167-192, March.
    6. Nikolaos Antonakakis, 2010. "Official Central Bank Interventions in the Foreign Exchange Markets: A DCC Approach with Exogenous Variables," Working Papers 1002, University of Strathclyde Business School, Department of Economics.
    7. Antonakakis, Nikolaos, 2010. "Ocial Central Bank Interventions in the Foreign Exchange Markets: A DCC Approach with Exogenous Variables," SIRE Discussion Papers 2010-07, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
    8. Fatum, Rasmus & Hutchison, Michael, 2006. "Effectiveness of official daily foreign exchange market intervention operations in Japan," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 199-219, March.
    9. Jun, Jongbyung, 2008. "Conditional Efficacy of Sterilized Intervention," Working Papers 2008-1, Suffolk University, Department of Economics.
    10. Owen F. Humpage, 2003. "Government intervention in the foreign exchange market," Working Papers (Old Series) 0315, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
    11. Christopher J. Neely, 2006. "Identifying the effects of U.S. intervention on the levels of exchange rates," Working Papers 2005-031, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
    12. Hutchison, Michael M, 2003. "Intervention and Exchange Rate Stabilization Policy in Developing Countries," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(1), pages 109-127, Spring.

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    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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