Persistent Appreciations and Overshooting: A Normative Analysis

Most economies experience episodes of persistent real exchange rate appreciations, when the question arises whether there is a need for intervention to protect the export sector. This paper presents a model of irreversible destruction where exchange rate intervention may be justified if the export s...

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Main Authors: Lorenzoni, Guido (Author), Caballero, Ricardo J. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan Publishers, 2015-03-11T19:28:59Z.
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