Will You Buy My Peg? the Credibility of a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime As a Determinant of Bilateral Trade
September 1, 2004
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Summary
This paper examines the relationship between fixed exchange rate arrangements and trade using a gravity model of international trade together with bilateral trade data from 24 countries from the Caribbean and Latin America for the period 1960-2001. The analysis indicates that a credible fixed peg has a positive impact on the value of bilateral trade. Moreover, the positive impact on trade is more pronounced with a stricter definition of the fixed peg or a longer duration of the peg. This supports the argument that the credibility of an exchange rate peg is an important element to determine bilateral trade. There is, however, no evidence to suggest that a currency union provides additional benefits.
Subject: Conventional peg, Currencies, Economic integration, Exchange rate arrangements, Foreign exchange, International trade, Monetary unions, Money, Plurilateral trade
Keywords: Caribbean, Conventional peg, country, Currencies, Exchange rate arrangements, exchange rate peg, Exchange rate regime, gravity model, import trade data, Monetary unions, Plurilateral trade, regime, regime dummy, trade, trade performance, trade statistics, trade-creating effect, trade-reducing effect, WP
Pages:
25
Volume:
2004
DOI:
Issue:
165
Series:
Working Paper No. 2004/165
Stock No:
WPIEA1652004
ISBN:
9781451980066
ISSN:
1018-5941
