Exchange Rate-Based Stabilization in Western Europe : Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal /

This paper compares the experience with exchange-rate-based stabilization (ERBS) of four Western European countries with that of high-inflation developing countries. In general, the behavior of key macroeconomic variables-inflation, output, demand, the real exchange rate and the current account-in t...

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Glavni avtor: Detragiache, Enrica
Drugi avtorji: Hamann, A.
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/075
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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Izvleček:This paper compares the experience with exchange-rate-based stabilization (ERBS) of four Western European countries with that of high-inflation developing countries. In general, the behavior of key macroeconomic variables-inflation, output, demand, the real exchange rate and the current account-in the four countries examined did not correspond to the pattern observed in developing countries, although some resemblance to this pattern could be found in Italy in 1987-92 and Greece in 1994-96. The experience with ERBS in Western Europe highlights the importance of incomes policy as an ingredient of a successful stabilization program and shows that the adoption of a looser anchor does not necessarily reduce the output cost of disinflation.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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