Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/85782
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 02-013/1
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
This paper utilizes a very simple model to study the timing and determinants of speculationagainst a fixed exchange rate regime when investors are heterogeneous because of locationaldifferences. Location matters because resident players may incur smaller costs when takinga short-position, are less exposed to exchange rate risk, possess better information quality,have more knowledge about each others information sets, due to asymmetries in tax treatment,or because of the presence of government guarantees. Our model clarifies the respective rolesplayed by local and international investors during episodes of capital flight as well as theresulting room of maneuver for policymakers in emerging markets.
Subjects: 
Locational heterogeneity
Private information
Exchange rate volatility
Illiquidity
Capital flight
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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