Debt Overhang and Real Exchange Rate Overshooting in the Asian Crisis.

We develop a stylized real model of the Asian crisis where an adverse extenal shock can lead to real exchange rate overshooting. Domestic borrowers of foreign capital are bound by debt contracts even when the capital is unable to earn the world rate of return. Following an adverse shock, the require...

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Main Authors: Vines, D, Menzies, G
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2002