Automatic Stabilizer Feature of Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Markets
Abstract
This paper shows that countries characterized by a financial accelerator mechanism may reverse the usual finding of the literature -- flexible exchange rate regimes do a worse job of insulating open economies from external shocks. I obtain this result with a calibrated small open economy model that endogenizes foreign interest rates by linking them to the banking sector's foreign currency leverage. This relationship renders exchange rate policy more important compared to the usual exogeneity assumption. I find empirical support for this prediction using the Local Projections method. Finally, 2nd order approximation to the model finds larger welfare losses under flexible exchange rate regimes.Download Info
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Paper provided by University of Connecticut, Department of Economics in its series Working papers with number 2006-27.Length: 45 pages
Date of creation: Aug 2006
Date of revision: Aug 2008
Handle: RePEc:uct:uconnp:2006-27
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Keywords: accelerator; balance sheets; welfare; EMBI;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
- F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
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