Exchange Rate Regimes of Developing Countries: Global Context and Individual Choices

Esteban Jadresic, Paul Masson and Paolo Mauro

Chapter 5 in Macroeconomic Modelling and Monetary and Exchange Rate Regimes, 2019, pp 143-193 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This paper argues that, in analyzing the choice of exchange rate regimes in developing and transition countries in the present global economic context, it is essential to distinguish between those countries with substantial involvement in international financial markets and those where involvement is limited. For developing countries with important linkages to modern global capital markets, an important lesson of the recent crises in emerging market countries is that the requirements for sustaining pegged exchange rate regimes have become significantly more demanding. For many emerging market countries, therefore, regimes that allow substantial actual exchange rate flexibility are probably desirable. If supported by the requisite policy discipline and institutional structures, however, hard currency pegs may also be appropriate for some of these countries. Beyond the emerging markets countries, for many developing countries with less linkage to global capital markets, traditional exchange rate pegs and intermediate regimes are more viable and retain important advantages.

Keywords: Exchange Rates; Modelling; Monetary Unions; Inflation Targeting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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