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Exchange Rate Crises and Fiscal Solvency

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This paper combines insights from generation one currency crisis models and the fiscal theory of the price level (FTPL) to create a dynamic FTPL model of currency crises. The initial fixed-exchange-rate policy entails risks due to an upper bound on government debt and stochastic surplus shocks. Agents refuse to lend into a position for which the value of debt exceeds the present value of expected future surpluses. Policy switching, usually combined with currency depreciation, restores fiscal solvency and lending. This model can explain a wide variety of crises, including those involving sovereign default. We illustrate by explaining the crisis in Argentina (2001). Copyright (c) 2010 The Ohio State University.

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  • Betty C. Daniel, 2010. "Exchange Rate Crises and Fiscal Solvency," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 42(6), pages 1109-1135, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mcb:jmoncb:v:42:y:2010:i:6:p:1109-1135
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    1. Daniel, Betty C. & Shiamptanis, Christos, 2013. "Pushing the limit? Fiscal policy in the European Monetary Union," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 37(11), pages 2307-2321.
    2. Daniel, Betty C. & Shiamptanis, Christos, 2012. "Fiscal risk in a monetary union," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 56(6), pages 1289-1309.
    3. Constantine, Collin & Khemraj, Tarron, 2025. "The monetary aspects of the Dutch disease," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    4. Sottile, Pedro, 2013. "On the political determinants of sovereign risk: Evidence from a Markov-switching vector autoregressive model for Argentina," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(C), pages 160-185.
    5. Giraldo, Carlos & Giraldo, Iader & Gomez-Gonzalez, Jose E. & Uribe, Jorge M., 2024. "Term spread spillovers to Latin America and emergence of the ‘Twin Ds’," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
    6. Betty C. Daniel & Christos Shiamptanis, 2008. "Fiscal policy in the European Monetary Union," International Finance Discussion Papers 961, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    7. Betty C. Daniel & Christos Shiamptanis, 2010. "Sovereign Default Risk in a Monetary Union," Working Papers 2010-3, Central Bank of Cyprus.
    8. Juan Pablo Di Iorio, 2025. "Fiscal dominance, shocks, and the currency distribution of sovereign debt: the case of a small open economy," Young Researchers Working Papers 19, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia, revised Dec 2025.

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