Escudé, Guillermo J. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 8 (2014) 2014-25, pp. 1-58
A traditional way of thinking about the exchange rate (XR) regime and capital account openness has been framed in terms of the 'impossible trinity' or 'trilemma', in which policymakers can only have 2 of 3 possible outcomes: open capital markets, monetary independence and pegged XRs. This paper...