Monetary policy during speculative attacks: Are there adverse medium term effects?
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This paper extends the currency crises model of Aghion, Bacchetta and Banerjee (2000, 2001, 2004) in different directions. Our main result is that a tight monetary policy can have adverse effects beyond the short term and can potentially cause a currency crisis in the medium term, even in cases when the interest rate defense is successful and prevented a currency crisis in the short-run. In addition, we add a risk premium and find that this increases the likelihood of a crisis, can help explain contagion, and that prospective capital controls will increase the likelihood that such controls will be needed as an emergency measure.
Original language | English |
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Journal | North American Journal of Economics and Finance |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 5-18 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISSN | 1062-9408 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences - foreign-currency debt, balance sheets, interest parity, risk premium, contagion, prospective capital control, monetary policy
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