Issues in Korean Exchange Rate Policy

Stanley Black

No 5747, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Korea faces a number of unique problems that affect its exchange rate policy. Among these are its asymmetric competitive position vis-…-vis Japan, which is both its major supplier of machine tools and a leading competitor in third markets; the current policy of financial liberalization that goes along with democratic liberalization; and the implications of the potential future unification of the Korean peninsula. This paper considers the question of exchange rate policy for Korea in the face of fluctuations in the yen/dollar rate, increasing competition from lower cost Asian countries, and financial liberalization. The paper deals with external vs. internal targets, choice of external comparison basket, and the effects of financial liberalization. The Korean choice of an independent exchange rate policy is analyzed in terms of the trade-off between external shocks and inflation-fighting credibility of the central bank. Financial liberalization brings with it increased capital mobility. The paper also considers the possibility of a regional currency area, Korean unification, and long run equilibrium.

JEL-codes: F3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996-09
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Published as Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries. Ito,Takatoshiand Anne O. Krueger, eds., Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 269-281.
Published as Issues in Korean Exchange Rate Policy , Stanley Black. in Changes in Exchange Rates in Rapidly Developing Countries: Theory, Practice, and Policy Issues , Ito and Krueger. 1999

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