Automatic stabilizer feature of fixed exchange rate regimes

Uluc Aysun ()

Emerging Markets Review, 2008, vol. 9, issue 4, pages 302-328

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 financial 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.

Keywords: Exchange; rates; EMBI; Financial; accelerator; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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