Currency Misalignments and Exchange Rate Regimes in Emerging and Developing Countries

Pegged exchange rates are often pointed out as more prone to risk of overvaluation, because their real exchange rates have a tendency to appreciate. We check this assumption empirically over a large sample of emerging and developing countries, by using two databases for <i>de facto</i> classifications by <link rid="b26">Levy-Yeyati and Sturzenegger (2003</link>) and by <link rid="b35">Reinhart and Rogoff (2004</link>). We assess currency misalignments by estimating real equilibrium exchange rates taking into account a Balassa effect and the impact of net foreign assets. Pegged currencies are shown to be more overvalued than floating ones. Copyright © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009.