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Target Zones and Exchange Rate Dynamics

P. R. Krugman

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1991

This paper develops a simple model of exchange rate behavior under a target zone regime. It shows that the expectation that monetary policy will be adjusted to limit exchange rate variation affects exchange rate behavior even when the exchange rate lies inside the zone and is thus not being defended actively. Somewhat surprisingly, the analysis of target zones turns out to have a strong formal similarity to problems in option pricing and investment under uncertainty.

DOI
10.2307/2937922
Volume
106 (3)
Pages
669-682
Language
en
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