Even though self-fulfilling currency attacks lead to multiple equilibria when fundamentals are common knowledge, we demonstrate the uniqueness of equilibrium when speculators face a small amount of noise in their signals about the fundamentals. This unique equilibrium depends not only on the fundamentals, but also on financial variables, such as the quantity of hot money in circulation and the costs of speculative trading. In contrast to multiple equilibrium models, our model allows analysis of policy proposals directed at curtailing currency attacks.
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Columbia Univ, Sociol, New York, NY 10027 USA
Columbia Univ, Bur Appl Social Res, New York, NY 10027 USAColumbia Univ, Sociol, New York, NY 10027 USA
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George Washington Univ, Grad Sch Edcu & Human Dev, Dept Educ Leadership, Washington, DC 20052 USAGeorge Washington Univ, Grad Sch Edcu & Human Dev, Dept Educ Leadership, Washington, DC 20052 USA