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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825687803321

Autore

Husain Aasim M

Titolo

To peg or not to peg : a template for assessing the nobler / / prepared by Aasim M. Husain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2006

ISBN

1-4623-0642-X

1-4527-6125-6

1-283-51570-9

1-4519-0850-4

9786613828156

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/54

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates

Foreign exchange administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"February 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. DE FACTO REGIMES IN KAZAKHSTAN AND PAKISTAN""; ""III. TEMPLATE""; ""IV. SCORECARD""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper proposes a template for assessing whether or not a country's economic and financial characteristics make it an appropriate candidate for a pegged exchange rate regime. The template employs quantifiable measures of attributes-trade orientation, financial integration, economic diversification, macroeconomic stabilization, credibility, and "fear-offloating" type effects-that have been identified in the literature as key potential determinants of regime choice. To illustrate, the template is applied to Kazakhstan and Pakistan. The results indicate a fairly strong case against a pegged regime in Pakistan. The implications for Kazakhstan are mixed, although changes in that economy in recent years strengthen the case against a peg.