DP3939 Government Finance in the Wake of Currency Crises

Author(s):	Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum, Sérgio Rebelo
Publication Date:	June 2003
Keyword(s):	bailouts, banking crisis, currency crisis, fiscal reform, seigniorage, speculative attacks
JEL(s):	F31
Programme Areas:	International Macroeconomics
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This Paper addresses two questions: (i) how do governments actually pay for the fiscal costs associated with currency crises; and (ii) what are the implications of different financing methods for post-crisis rates of inflation and depreciation? We study these questions using a general equilibrium model in which a currency crisis is triggered by prospective government deficits. We then use our model in conjunction with fiscal data to interpret government financing in the wake of three recent currency crises: Korea (1997), Mexico (1994) and Turkey (2001).