Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19319
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
HWWA Discussion Paper No. 213
Publisher: 
Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA), Hamburg
Abstract: 
A two sector small open economy model developed by Corden (1991, 2002) is used to analyse the impact of sudden stops in capital inflows on an internal and external equilibrium and to explore the merits of disposing of the nominal exchange rate as policy tool in rectifying real exchange rate misalignments. It is shown how the economy's sectoral demand properties determine the extent of recession associated with real exchange rate adjustment that is neither engineered by nominal exchange rate changes nor brought about by a decline in nontraded goods prices. The conclusion is drawn that, when deciding on the design of exchange rate regimes, the structural characteristics of the economy ought to be considered so as to appropriately strengthen its capacity to cope with shocks in the form of negative swings in capital inflows.
Subjects: 
capital inflows
sudden stops
real exchange rate adjustment
exchange rate regimes
JEL: 
F41
F32
F31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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