Do high interest rates defend currencies during speculative attacks? New evidence.

A recent paper by Kraay (2003) documents the lack of any systematic association between monetary policy and the outcome of a speculative attack. This paper extends Kraay’s work by introducing an improved measure of monetary policy and an additional country-specific fundamental, short-term corporate...

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Autores principales: Goderis, B, Ioannidou, V
Formato: Working paper
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CSAE (University of Oxford) 2006