Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers Creation-Date: 2011-02-11 Number: 11-027/2 Author-Name: Andreas Schabert Author-Workplace-Name: TU Dortmund University, and University of Amsterdam Title: Exchange Rate Policy under Sovereign Default Risk Abstract: We examine monetary policy options for a small open economy where sovereign default might occur due to intertemporal insolvency. Under interest rate policy and floating exchange rates the equilibrium is indetermined. Under a fixed exchange rate the equilibrium is uniquely determined and independent of sovereign default. Classification-JEL: E52, E63, F31, F41 Keywords: Exchange rate peg, interest rate policy, equilibrium determination, sovereign default, public debt File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/11027.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 169628 bytes Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20110027