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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960625303321

Autore

Oomes Nienke

Titolo

Why Do Countries Peg the Way They Peg? The Determinants of Anchor Currency Choice / / Nienke Oomes, Christopher Meissner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612840845

9781462349746

1462349749

9781452775319

1452775311

9781282840843

1282840843

9781451869910

1451869916

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (47 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/132

Altri autori (Persone)

MeissnerChristopher

Disciplina

332.45

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates

Foreign exchange administration

Coinage, International

Currencies

Currency

Exchange rate arrangements

Exchange rates

Exports and Imports

Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange

Government and the Monetary System

International economics

Monetary economics

Monetary Systems

Monetary unions

Money and Monetary Policy

Money

Payment Systems

Regimes

Reserve currencies



Standards

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Evolution of Anchor Currency Choice; A. Measuring Anchor Currency Choice; B. Stylized Facts on Anchor Currency Choice; Figures; 1. All Countries: Anchor Currency Choices, 1950-2001; 2. Developed Countries: Anchor Currency Choices, 1950-2001; 3. Developing Countries: Anchor Currency Choices, 1950-2001; 4. Transition Countries: Anchor Currency Choices, 1990-2001; C. Why Countries Peg the Way They Peg: A Brief Survey of Recent Experience; III. Conceptual Framework for Anchor Choice: Network Externalities, Multiple Equilibria, and Path Dependence; Tables

1. Initial Payoff Matrix2. Subsequent Payoff Matrix; IV. Empirical Methodology; V. Empirical Determinants of Anchor and Regime Choice; A. Country-Specific Determinants of Anchor Currency Choice; B. Country-Specific Determinants of Regime Choice: Pegs vs. Floats; C. Anchor-Specific Determinants of Anchor Currency Choice; VI. Results; A. Determinants of Anchor Currency Choice; 3. Determinants of Anchor and Exchange Rate Regime Choice, 1990-1998; 4. Determinants of Anchor and Exchange Rate Regime Choice, 1980-1998; B. How Strong Are Network Externalities

5. Actual and Predicted Number of Dollar Anchors, 1990-19986. Actual and Predicted Number of German Mark Anchors, 1990-1998; C. Other Determinants of Anchor Choice; D. Determinants of Regime Choice: Pegs vs. Floats; E. Model Fit; F. Other Specifications and Robustness Checks; 5. Determinants of Anchor Choice, Restricted Choice Set, 1980-1998; 6. Determinants of Anchor Choice, Restricted Choice Set, 1998; G. Other Factors that Appear Less Relevant or Are Hard to Test; VII. Conclusion; Appendixes; I. The Natural Classification

II. A Model of Trade Network Externalities in Anchor Currency ChoiceReferences

Sommario/riassunto

What determines the currency to which countries peg or "anchor" their exchange rate? Data for over 100 countries between 1980 and 1998 reveal that trade network externalities are a key determinant. This implies that anchor currency choice may well be suboptimal in that certain currencies, e.g., the U.S. dollar, could be oversubscribed. It also implies that changes in anchor choices by a small number of countries can have large and rapid effects on the international monetary system. Other factors found to be related to anchor choice include the symmetry of output shocks and the currency denomination of liabilities.