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| Title: | | Between Two Poles: Matching Trade and Exchange Rate Regimes in Mercosur  |
| Authors: | | Busse, Matthias Hefeker, Carsten Koopmann, Georg |
| Issue Date: | | 2004 |
| Series/Report no.: | | HWWA discussion paper 301 |
| Abstract: | | The paper reviews exchange rate options for Mercosur countries. We start from the observation that most of the countries in the region have a longstanding tendency to adopt fixed exchange rates, and ask how such a system could best be designed. The Argentine crisis has demonstrated that unilateral currency pegs imply the risk of serious misalignments with other trading partners and subsequent realignments. The standard basket peg is not a solution because of its limited transparency and credibility. We therefore discuss a proposal to create dual currency boards that could be a workable solution for the Mercosur countries. |
| Subjects: | | Exchange Rate Regime Currency Board Latin America Mercosur |
| JEL: | | F3 F4 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | HWWA Discussion Paper, Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv
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