The Relevance of the Optimum Currency Area Approach for Exchange Rate Policies in Emerging Market Economies

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-79
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Willett ◽  
Clas Wihlborg
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Emerging Market Economies ◽  
Optimum Currency Area ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Currency Area ◽  
Optimum Currency

scholarly journals The Main Determinants of Capital Inflows in Emerging Market Economies: Does the Exchange Rate Regime Matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-167
Author(s):  
Fatma Taşdemir
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Capital Inflows ◽  
Emerging Market Economies ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Main Determinants

There is a bulk of literature in analyzing the impacts of exchange rate regimes (ERRs) on capital flows into emerging market economies. However, these studies mainly do not take into account integration and cointegration properties of variables. This paper aims to tackle this important issue by investigating whether ERRs matter for the impacts of the main push (global financial conditions, GFC) and pull (real GDP) factors on capital inflows into emerging market economies. We find that worsening GFC decreases all types of capital inflow except foreign direct investments in case of floating ERR. This impact is statistically significant only for portfolio inflows in case of managed ERR. The pull factor is often positive and statistically significant in determining capital inflows in the long-run only under floating ERRs. These results suggest that the long-run impacts of the main pull and push factors on capital inflows are often magnified under more flexible ERRs.

Chancen und Risiken einer Dollarisierung in Argentinien

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Setzer
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Exchange Rate Regime ◽  
The United States ◽  
Optimum Currency Area ◽  
Currency Board ◽  
Currency Area ◽  
International Investors ◽  
Strong Candidate ◽  
Optimum Currency

AbstractThe collapse of the Argentinean Currency Board revived the debate about the optimal exchange rate regime for Argentina. Given its large exposure to nervous international investors, Argentina is a strong candidate for dollarization, which could provide lower inflation and higher financial integration with the United States. However, Argentina’s poor qualifications for a fixed exchange rate under the traditional optimum currency area criteria and the absence of adequate labor market and fiscal policy structures indicate that dollarization would suffer from the same problems as the Currency Board system. Thus, dollarization, in advance of other fundamental reforms seems a risky strategy.

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