While virtually all currency crisismodels recognise that the fate of a currency peg depends on how tenaciously policy makers defend it, they seldom model how this is done. We incorporate themechanics of speculation and the interest rate defence against it in the model ofMorris and Shin (American...

This paper examines the interdependence and coordination of monetary and exchange rate policies among the G-3 countries over the period 1977 through 1993. The results in the paper suggest that the international monetary transmission mechanism is important and that, among the G-3, U.S. policies...

The formation of macroeconomic policy is conceptualized as on-going process of interaction between private individuals and a centralized policymaker. This interaction is inherently strategic in nature and lends itself to a game-theoretical treatment. Starting from the basic principle of rational...

While virtually all modern models of exchange rate crises recognise that the decision to abandon an exchange rate peg depends on how harshly policy makers are willing to defend the regime, they virtually never model how the exchange rate is defended. In this paper we incorporate both the...

We explore the interaction between central bank digital currencies and cryptocurrencies using a game-theoretic model. The solution of this model is characterized by a multiplicity of equilibria, delimited by the regulatory capability of the central bank and its interaction with the financial...

While virtually all modern models of exchange rate crises recognise that the decision to abandon an exchange rate peg depends on how harshly policy makers are willing to defend the regime, they virtually never model how the exchange rate is defended. In this paper we incorporate both the...