Do Self‐fulfilling Expectations of Currency Devaluation Improve the Balance of Payments?
Ching‐chong Lai, Wen‐Ya Chang
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Ching‐chong Lai, Wen‐Ya Chang
Abstract
Analyses how the status of balance of payments follows se\ill\ fulfilling expectations of currency devaluation. It is found that before a currency devaluation, whether the economy w\ill\ experience a balance‐of‐payments surplus or deficit crucial depends on the degree of capital mobility.
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Analyses how the status of balance of payments follows se\ill\ fulfilling expectations of currency devaluation. It is found that before a currency devaluation, whether the economy w\ill\ experience a balance‐of‐payments surplus or deficit crucial depends on the degree of capital mobility.
Key concepts: Devaluation, Balance of payments, Economics, Currency, Current account, Monetary economics, Capital (architecture), Payment