Limits of floating exchange rates : the role of foreign currency debt and import structure /

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Author / Creator:Towbin, Pascal, author.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (52 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/11/42
IMF working paper ; WP/11/42.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12498910
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Other authors / contributors:Weber, Sebastian, 1981- author.
International Monetary Fund. European Department, issuing body.
ISBN:1283558181
9781283558181
9781462305124
1462305121
Notes:Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed March 30, 2011).
At head of title: European Department.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:A traditional argument in favor of flexible exchange rates is that they insulate output better from real shocks, because the exchange rate can adjust and stabilize demand for domestic goods through expenditure switching. This argument is weakened in models with high foreign currency debt and low exchange rate pass-through to import prices. The present study evaluates the empirical relevance of these two factors. We analyze the transmission of real external shocks to the domestic economy under fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes for a broad sample of countries in a Panel VAR and let the responses vary with foreign currency indebtedness and import structure. We find that flexible exchange rates do not insulate output better from external shocks if the country imports mainly low pass-through goods and can even amplify the output response if foreign indebtedness is high.
Other form:Print version: Towbin, Pascal. Limits of Floating Exchange Rates: the Role of Foreign Currency Debt and Import Structure. Washington : International Monetary Fund, ©2011 9781455219001

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