A "vertical" analysis of crises and intervention fear of floating and ex-ante problems

Emerging economies are prone to crises triggered by external shocks. During these crises, should the central bank stabilize the currency or domestic interest rates? If the choice is outside the central bank's control, as in a currency board, are there good policy substitutes? We argue that thes...

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Main Authors: Caballero, Ricardo (Author), Krishnamurthy, Arvind (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2001.
Series:NBER working paper series no.8428
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