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Dynamic hedging in currency crisis

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Garber and Spencer have argued that dynamic hedging may lead to perverse results when interest rates are used to defend an exchange rate. This paper shows that interest rate changes have little effects on dynamic hedgers when volatility is high.
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  • Krueger, Malte, 1999. "Dynamic hedging in currency crisis," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 62(3), pages 347-350, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:62:y:1999:i:3:p:347-350
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    1. Peter M. Garber & Michael G. Spencer, 1995. "Foreign Exchange Hedging and the Interest Rate Defense," IMF Staff Papers, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 42(3), pages 490-516, September.
    2. Peter M. Garber & Michael G. Spencer, 1996. "Dynamic Hedging and the Interest Rate Defense," NBER Chapters, in: The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets, pages 209-228, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Jeffrey A. Frankel & Giampaolo Galli & Alberto Giovannini, 1996. "The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number fran96-1, January-J.
    4. Juan Ayuso & M.P. Jurado & Fernando Restoy, 1994. "Is Exchange Rate Risk Higher in the E.R.M. after the Widening of Fluctuation Bands?," Working Papers 9419, Banco de España.
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