Monetary policy rules for managing aid surges in Africa

This paper examines the properties of alternative monetary policy rules in response to large aid surges in low-income countries characterized by incomplete capital market integration and currency substitution. Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, it is shown that simple monetary rul...

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Autors principals: Adam, C, O'Connell, S, Buffie, E, Pattillo, C
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
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Buffie, E
Pattillo, C
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description This paper examines the properties of alternative monetary policy rules in response to large aid surges in low-income countries characterized by incomplete capital market integration and currency substitution. Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, it is shown that simple monetary rules that stabilize the path of expected future seigniorage for a given aid flow have attractive properties relative to a range of conventional alternatives, including those involving heavy reliance on bond sterilization or a commitment to a pure exchange rate float. These simple rules, which are shown to be robust across a range of fiscal responses to aid inflows, appear to be consistent with actual responses to recent aid surges in a range of post-stabilization countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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spelling oxford-uuid:475e3f98-1891-41eb-8fbd-3e72b54a0f1a2022-03-26T15:19:47ZMonetary policy rules for managing aid surges in AfricaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:475e3f98-1891-41eb-8fbd-3e72b54a0f1aEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrintsBlackwell Publishing Ltd2009Adam, CO'Connell, SBuffie, EPattillo, CThis paper examines the properties of alternative monetary policy rules in response to large aid surges in low-income countries characterized by incomplete capital market integration and currency substitution. Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, it is shown that simple monetary rules that stabilize the path of expected future seigniorage for a given aid flow have attractive properties relative to a range of conventional alternatives, including those involving heavy reliance on bond sterilization or a commitment to a pure exchange rate float. These simple rules, which are shown to be robust across a range of fiscal responses to aid inflows, appear to be consistent with actual responses to recent aid surges in a range of post-stabilization countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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title Monetary policy rules for managing aid surges in Africa
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