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International Monetary Regimes and Incidence and Transmission of Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from the Bretton Woods and Modern Floating Periods
Author(s) -
Dibooğlu Selahattin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
southern economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 2325-8012
pISSN - 0038-4038
DOI - 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2000.tb00276.x
Subject(s) - economics , monetary economics , float (project management) , monetary policy , small open economy , monetary hegemony , exchange rate , supply shock , discretion , open economy , dispersion (optics) , context (archaeology) , macroeconomics , international economics , geography , archaeology , physics , management , optics , political science , law
This paper investigates the relationship between international monetary regimes and incidence and transmission of macroeconomic shocks within the context of an open‐economy macro model. Empirical results confirm monetary interdependence and lower incidence of monetary discretion under fixed exchange rates. The average magnitude and dispersion of supply shocks in Bretton Woods and the subsequent float is comparable; however, the average magnitude and dispersion of real demand shocks under Bretton Woods seems higher. Overall, the international monetary regime may pose important constraints to policymakers in open economies.