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Pegs, Downward Wage Rigidity and Unemployment: The Role of Financial Structure

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  • Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé

    (Columbia University)

  • Martín Uribe

    (Columbia University)

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This paper studies the relationship between financial structure and the welfare consequences of fixed exchange rate regimes in small open emerging economies with downward nominal wage rigidity. The paper presents two surprising results. First, a pegging economy might be better off with a closed than with an open capital account. Second, the welfare gain from switching from a peg to the optimal (full-employment) monetary policy might be larger in financially open economies than in financially closed ones.
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  • Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé & Martín Uribe, 2014. "Pegs, Downward Wage Rigidity and Unemployment: The Role of Financial Structure," Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Book Series, in: Miguel Fuentes D. & Claudio E. Raddatz & Carmen M. Reinhart (ed.),Capital Mobility and Monetary Policy, edition 1, volume 18, chapter 3, pages 69-95, Central Bank of Chile.
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