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| Authors | Knedlik, Tobias; Ströbel, Johannes |
| Title | Will new IMF-Instrument prevent currency crises? |
| Abstract | The resent experience with currency crises shows that not only economies with weak fundamentals are hit by crises. After long-lasting discussions of appropriate instruments to reduce the risk for currency crises in emerging market economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) presented a new proposal of an instrument: the Reserve Augmentation Line (RAL). This new proposal shows that at the current state such an instrument is not available. This contribution confronts the RAL proposal with theoretically derived requirements on preventive liquidity instruments. It shows that only limited preventive effects can be expected. The limitation of the instrument to 300 percent of the quota and the unsolved problem of sending negative signals to the market if countries apply for the instrument are the main drawbacks. However, the RAL would enable the IMF for the first time to provide liquidity immediately in the case of the crisis after pre-qualification. Thus, the instrument fulfills one important request from the academic discussions. |
| Descriptors | Währungskrisen |
| Series | Economy in Change |
| Year | 2007 |
| Edition | 7 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Date | 18.07.2007 |
| Pages | pp. 269-274 |
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| Refereed | No |
| Status | Published |