F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

• Nominal Rigidity, Desired Markup Variations, and Real Exchange Rate Persistence

  Staff Working Paper 2002-26 Hafedh Bouakez

  This paper develops and estimates a dynamic general-equilibrium sticky-price model that accounts for real exchange rate persistence.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rates, Market structure and pricing, Monetary policy transmission JEL Code(s): F, F3, F31, F4, F41

• Does Exchange Rate Policy Matter for Growth?

  Staff Working Paper 2002-17 Jeannine Bailliu, Robert Lafrance, Jean-François Perrault

  Previous studies on whether the nature of the exchange rate regime influences a country's medium-term growth performance have been based on a tripartite classification scheme that distinguishes between pegged, intermediate, and flexible exchange rate regimes.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes, Exchange rates, Monetary policy framework JEL Code(s): F, F3, F31, F33, F4, F43, O, O4, O40

• Currency Fluctuations, Liability Dollarization, and the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging Markets

  Staff Working Paper 2002-6 Patrick Osakwe

  Traditional models of exchange rate regimes ignore the destabilizing effects of sharp and unanticipated exchange rate movements.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Exchange rate regimes JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, F, F3, F31, F4, F41