Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19273 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
HWWA Discussion Paper No. 301
Publisher: 
Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA), Hamburg
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

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