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International Lending of Last Resort and Moral Hazard: A Model of the IMF's Catalytic Finance

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Guimarães, Bernardo; Roubini, Nouriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The provision of liquidity by international institutions such as the IMF to countries experiencing balance of payment … problems could prevent liquidity runs but could also cause moral hazard distortions: expecting to be bailed out by the IMF … and policies by three classes of optimizing agents: international investors, the local government and the IMF. We show how …

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New Open Economy Macroeconomics

Corsetti, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

'New open economy macroeconomics' (NOEM) refers to a body of literature embracing a new theoretical framework for policy analysis in open economy, aiming to overcome the limitations of the Mundell-Fleming model while preserving the empirical wisdom and policy friendliness of traditional...

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Options For The Exchange Rate Policies Of The EU Accession Countries (And Other Emerging Market Economies)

Bofinger, Peter; Wollmershaeuser, Timo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We develop an institutional framework for central banks that try to pursue a stability-oriented monetary policy with the strategy of exchange rate targeting. Recent experience shows that a crucial element of this approach is to avoid destabilizing capital inflows. Policy makers can exert...

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Interpreting the ERM Crisis: Country-Specific and Systemic Issues

Buiter, Willem H.; Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pesenti, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Most interpretations of the Exchange Rate Mechanism crisis of 1992/3 ignore the key role played by structural policy spillovers among European countries, and overlook the effects of coordination (or lack thereof) of monetary and exchange rate policies among the countries making up the periphery...

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`Excessive Deficits': Sense and Nonsense in the Treaty of Maastricht

Buiter, Willem H.; Corsetti, Giancarlo; Roubini, Nouriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

In this paper we evaluate internationally agreed limits on public sector debt and deficits, such as those agreed by the EC countries in the Treaty of Maastricht as preconditions for membership in a monetary union. These fiscal convergence criteria require that general government budget deficits...

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A Centre-Periphery Model of Monetary Coordination and Exchange Rate Crises

Buiter, Willem H.; Corsetti, Giancarlo; Pesenti, Paolo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The paper analyses the modalities and consequences of a breakdown of cooperation between the monetary authorities of inflation-prone periphery countries that use an exchange rate peg as an anti-inflationary device, when the centre is hit by an aggregate demand shock. Cooperation in the periphery...

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A Multilateral Payments Union for Eastern Europe?

Bofinger, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

The paper analyzes the role of a multilateral payments union (PU) between East European countries (EEPU) as an intermediate solution in the process to full convertibility. After a description of the main functions of a PU, which is based on the historical model of the European Payments Union, it...

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Is Europe an Optimum Currency Area?

Bofinger, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The debate on EMU has been very influenced by the traditional theory of optimum currency areas (OCAs). The paper shows that this theory is not an ideal yardstick for an assessment of EMU. Its assumptions are not very realistic and its focus on asymmetric real shocks is much too narrow. In...

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Managed Floating: Understanding the New International Monetary Order

Bofinger, Peter; Wollmershaeuser, Timo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Although there seems to be a broad consensus among economists that purely floating or completely fixed exchange rates (the so-called corner solutions) are the only viable alternatives of exchange rate management, many countries do not behave according to this paradigm and adopt a strategy within...

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International Risk Sharing and the Transmission of Productivity Shocks

Corsetti, Giancarlo; Dedola, Luca; Leduc, Sylvain - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

A central puzzle in international finance is that real exchange rates are volatile and, in stark contradiction to efficient risk sharing, negatively correlated with cross-country consumption ratios. This Paper shows that a standard international business cycle model with incomplete asset markets...

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