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Vulnerability of currency pegs: evidence from Brazil

Guimaraes, Bernardo (2008) Vulnerability of currency pegs: evidence from Brazil. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper analyses predictions of a simple model of currency crises in which the peg will be abandoned when the currency overvaluation hits a certain threshold, unknown to the agents. Due to learning about the threshold, some features usually observed in the data and identified with models with multiple equilibria arise in the model. But the model yields distinctive predictions about the behaviour of the probability and the expected magnitude of a currency devaluation. The paper identifies the probability and expected magnitude of a devaluation of Brazilian Real in the period leading up to the end of the Brazilian pegged exchange rate regime, using data on exchange rate options. The empirical results are consistent with model predictions.

Item Type:Monograph (Working Paper)
Additional Information:© 2008 the author
Rights:http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm
Uncontrolled Keywords:Currency crises, exchange rate, options, probability of devaluation, devaluation size
Library of Congress subject classification:HG Finance
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:F3 - International Finance
Sets:Economists Online
Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
Economics
ID Code:4909
Deposited By:Cat Whitehouse
Deposited On:19 May 2008 11:44
Last Modified:19 May 2008 12:24

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