IMF Working Papers

An Empirical Exploration of Exchange Rate Target-Zones

By Donald J Mathieson, Robert P Flood, Andrew K. Rose

February 1, 1991

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Donald J Mathieson, Robert P Flood, and Andrew K. Rose An Empirical Exploration of Exchange Rate Target-Zones, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

In the context of a flexible-price monetary exchange rate model and the assumption of uncovered interest parity, we obtain a measure of the fundamental determinant of exchange rates. Daily data for the European Monetary System are used to explore the importance of nonlinearities in the relationship between the exchange rates and fundamentals. Many implications of existing “target-zone” exchange rate models are tested; little support is found for existing nonlinear models of limited exchange rate flexibility.

Subject: Crawling peg, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate modelling, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Managed exchange rates

Keywords: Crawling peg, EMS, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rate band, Exchange rate fundamental, Exchange rate modelling, Exchange rate volatility, Exchange rates, Interest rate, Interest rate differential, Interest rate volatility, Managed exchange rates, Natural logarithm, Nonlinear, Position graph, Risk premium, Target-zone., WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    73

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1991/015

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0151991

  • ISBN:

    9781451843163

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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