Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes: Which is Best ? Do Fix Rates Lead to Currency Crises ?

Readings:

An argument in favor of flexible exchange rates: Floating Exchange Rates: The Only Viable Solution

An argument in favor of fixed exchange rates: A Case for Fixing Exchange Rates, 1989 Annual Report of the Minneapolis Fed

An argument for a mixed regime (a modified floating regime): A Modified Float: The Clear Choice

A comparison of Mexican and Argentinean exchange rate regime favoring a strict fixed rate regime (i.e. an Argentinean style of Currency Board): A Tale of Two Pesos: A Comparison of Currency Policies In Mexico and Argentina
 
 

READINGS ON CURRENCY CRISES

Slate - The Dismal Science - August 14, 1997
Economic Scene: Monetary Fund's Rescue Package for Thailand May be Too Late
Analysis: Thailand Ignored Painful Lessons of Mexico
Currencies of the World
FRBSF: Economic Letter (4/19/96)
The Mexican Peso Crisis
TND May/June 1996 -- How IS NAFTA Doing?
ADT - Crashes A-Z
hong kong currency wsj 82197
9-2-97: FT Martin Wolf: The real lesson from Asia

Jackson Hole Conf. WSJ9-2-97 article
Author: Nouriel Roubini, Stern School of Business, NYU.