Giovanni Piersanti
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199653126
- eISBN:
- 9780191741210
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199653126.003.0005
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
In order to describe the path followed by major macroeconomic variable around the time of crises, this chapter examines some dynamic models. It thus shows how the dynamic adjustment path of the ...
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In order to describe the path followed by major macroeconomic variable around the time of crises, this chapter examines some dynamic models. It thus shows how the dynamic adjustment path of the economy associated with exchange rate based stabilization plan can be linked to currency crisis. How expected changes in future government's policies can affect the timing of attacks. How a run on central bank's foreign reserves can emerge in a context of consistent and flexible policy rules. How policymakers can elude speculative attacks by introducing uncertainty into the speculators' decisions. That the domestic currency often stays overvalued for a long period. That large discrete devaluations occur after the peg is abandoned. That the domestic interest rates tend to rise in the run up to the crisis. That speculative runs often occur in a multi-period context giving rise to alternating phases of “tranquillity” and “distress”. That asset price dynamics plays a critical role in triggering a full-blown financial crisis.Less
In order to describe the path followed by major macroeconomic variable around the time of crises, this chapter examines some dynamic models. It thus shows how the dynamic adjustment path of the economy associated with exchange rate based stabilization plan can be linked to currency crisis. How expected changes in future government's policies can affect the timing of attacks. How a run on central bank's foreign reserves can emerge in a context of consistent and flexible policy rules. How policymakers can elude speculative attacks by introducing uncertainty into the speculators' decisions. That the domestic currency often stays overvalued for a long period. That large discrete devaluations occur after the peg is abandoned. That the domestic interest rates tend to rise in the run up to the crisis. That speculative runs often occur in a multi-period context giving rise to alternating phases of “tranquillity” and “distress”. That asset price dynamics plays a critical role in triggering a full-blown financial crisis.
