Global Financial Cycles and the Exchange Rate Regime: A Perspective from Emerging Markets
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 108,
May 2018
(pp. 499-504)
Abstract
This paper examines the claim that exchange rate regimes are of little relevance in the transmission of global financial conditions to domestic financial and macroeconomic conditions. Our findings suggest that exchange rate regimes do matter, at least for emerging market economies. The transmission of global financial shocks to domestic variables is magnified under fixed exchange rate regimes relative to more flexible regimes. For advanced economies, however, the jury is still out, as the recent paucity of truly fixed regimes among these economies poses a challenge for estimating the effect of exchange rate flexibility.Citation
Obstfeld, Maurice, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Mahvash S. Qureshi. 2018. "Global Financial Cycles and the Exchange Rate Regime: A Perspective from Emerging Markets." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 108: 499-504. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20181057Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E44 Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- F33 International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
- F44 International Business Cycles