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    Simple tests of target zones: the Irish case


    Hughes, Jenny and Hurley, Margaret J. (1994) Simple tests of target zones: the Irish case. Applied Economics, 26 (8). pp. 757-763. ISSN 0003-6846

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    Abstract

    In a small open economy with fixed exchange rates, tandard theory suggests that domestic inflation and interest rates should equal those abroad. In a credible target zone, the same theories suggest that inflation and interest rates should be 'close'. Here, we seek to make precise this idea of limits on inflation and interest rate differentials consistent with limits on exchange rate movements. We then examine the case of Ireland, which joined the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System (EMS) in 1979 attracted by the prospects of lower, German influenced, inflation and interest rates. We find in the early years of the ERM, both Irish inflation and interest rastes were inconsistent with credibility of the exchange rate regime; in he latter years, from 1987 on, rates were in the derived range around German rates.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Economics; Rates; Experience; Parity; Credibility; Inflation (Finance); European Monetary System; Analysis; Interest rates;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
    Item ID: 11415
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036849400000090
    Depositing User: Margaret Hurley
    Date Deposited: 24 Oct 2019 15:36
    Journal or Publication Title: Applied Economics
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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