Exchange Rate Choices of Microstates

January 1, 2010

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Patrick A. Imam Exchange Rate Choices of Microstates, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

In this paper we first explain why most microstates (countries with less than 2 million inhabitants) have gained independence only in the last 30 years. Despite the higher costs and risks microstates face, their ability to better accommodate local preferences combined with a more integrated world economy probably explains why the benefits of independence have risen. We explain why microstates at independence have chosen either dollarization, currency board arrangements, or fixed exchange rates rather than more flexible forms of exchange rate systems. We then, using the Geweke-Hajvassiliou-Keane multivariate normal simulator, model empirically the determinants of each of the different fixed exchange rate regimes in microstates and analyze the policy implications.

Subject: Conventional peg, Currencies, Currency boards, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Money

Keywords: Caribbean, Central bank, Conventional peg, Currencies, Currency board, Currency boards, Dollarization, Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Fixed exchange rate, Foreign currency, Geweke- Hajivassiliou-Keane Multivariate Simulator, Managed float, Micro-states, Monetary policy, New Zealand dollar, Pound sterling, Regime choice, Small country, U.K. government, U.S. dollar, UK pound, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

48
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2010/012
Stock No:

WPIEA2010012
ISBN:

9781451962000
ISSN:

1018-5941

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