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Fear of Floating

Fear of floating
Authors: Calvo, Guillermo A.; Reinhart, Carmen M.;

Fear of Floating

Abstract

Many emerging market countries have suffered financial crises. One view blames soft pegs for these crises. Adherents of this view suggest that countries move to corner solutions—hard pegs or floating exchange rates. We analyze the behavior of exchange rates, reserves, and interest rates to assess whether there is evidence that country practice is moving toward corner solutions. We focus on whether countries that claim they are floating are indeed doing so. We find that countries that say they allow their exchange rate to float mostly do not—there seems to be an epidemic case of "fear of floating."

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financial crises, emerging markets, fixed exchange rates, 330, Finance etc., exchange rates pegs reserves interest rates credibility fear of floating, exchange rates, floating, soft pegs, jel: jel:F31, jel: jel:E42, jel: jel:F30, jel: jel:F33

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