Real Effects of Exchange-rate-based Stabilization
Title | Real Effects of Exchange-rate-based Stabilization PDF eBook |
Author | Sergio Rebelo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Deflation (Finance) |
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This paper uses a unified analytical framework to assess, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the relevance of the different hypotheses that have been proposed to explain the real effects of exchange rate-based stabilizations. The four major hypotheses analyzed are: (i) the supply-side effects associated with an inflation decline; (ii) the perception that the exchange rate peg is temporary; (iii) the fiscal adjustments that tend to accompany the peg; and (iv) the existence of nominal rigidities in wages or prices.
Sticky Inflation and the Real Effects of Exchange Rate Based Stabilization
Title | Sticky Inflation and the Real Effects of Exchange Rate Based Stabilization PDF eBook |
Author | Oya Celasun |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 35 |
Release | 2003-07-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451857055 |
Exchange rate-based inflation stabilization (ERBS) policies are associated with a boom-recession cycle in economic activity and sustained real exchange rate appreciation. A class of models in the literature has explained these empirical regularities with the lack of credibility of the stabilization plans. The lack-of-credibility models typically assume perfectly forward-looking pricing behavior without inflation stickiness and attribute the slow decline in inflation to the consumption boom that occurs due to the perceived temporariness of the ERBS policy. This paper tests the empirical validity of forward-looking pricing behavior in Mexico and Turkey, two countries which have experienced ERBS. It finds that the forward- and backward-looking components of inflation weigh approximately equally in pricing behavior, and therefore, that inflation is partially sticky. The paper then develops the theoretical implications of partial inflation stickiness in a lack of credibility model of ERBS and concludes that the presence of stickiness significantly reduces the persistence of the consumption boom predicted by the model, but helps to explain the recession in the late phase of the stabilization.
Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization under Imperfect Credibility
Title | Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization under Imperfect Credibility PDF eBook |
Author | Mr.Guillermo Calvo |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 1991-08-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451849915 |
This paper analyzes stabilization policy under predetermined exchange rates in a cash-in-advance, staggered-prices model. Under full credibility, a reduction in the rate of devaluation results in an immediate and permanent reduction in the inflation rate, with no effect on output or consumption. In contrast, a non-credible stabilization results in an initial expansion of output, followed by a later recession. The inflation rate of home goods remains above the rate of devaluation throughout the program, thus resulting in a sustained real exchange rate appreciation.
NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1995
Title | NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1995 PDF eBook |
Author | Ben S. Bernanke |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780262522052 |
Contents : Wage Inequality and Regional Unemployment Persistence: U.S. vs. Europe, Guiseppe BErtola and Andreas Ichino. Capital Utilization and Returns to Scale, Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum, and Sergio Rebelo. Banks and Derivatives, Gary Gorton and Richard Rosen. Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilizations: Theory and Evidence, Sergio Rebelo and Carlos Vegh. Inflation Indicators and Inflation Policy, Stephen Cecchetti. Recent Central Bank Reforms and the Role of Price Stability as the Sole Objective of Monetary Policy, Carl Walsh. Is Central Bank Independence (and Low Inflation) the Result of Effective Financial Opposition to Inflation?, Adam Posen. The Unending Quest for Monetary Salvation, Stanley Fischer.
Credibility and the Dynamics of Stabilization Policy
Title | Credibility and the Dynamics of Stabilization Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Mr.Guillermo Calvo |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1990-11-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451945582 |
This paper studies price stabilization policy under both predetermined and flexible exchange rates. Under predetermined exchange rates, a non-credible stabilization program results in an initial expansion of output, followed by a later recession. The initial expansion accompanies an appreciating real exchange rate. Under flexible exchange rates, the recession occurs at the beginning of the program. The real exchange rate appreciates sharply on impact but depreciates afterwards. Lack of credibility is more costly under predetermined exchange rates because the real effects are more pronounced.
The Business Cycle Associated with Exchange-rate-based Stabilization
Title | The Business Cycle Associated with Exchange-rate-based Stabilization PDF eBook |
Author | Miguel Alberto Kiguel |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Business cycles |
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Disinflation programs in chronic inflation countries do not normally follow the usual Phillips curve tradeoff in the medium run. Instead of having a sharp recession in the early stage of stabilization, there often is an initial expansion of output followed by a recession and balance of payments difficulties. This pattern is related to programs that use the exchange rate as an instrument of disinflation.
Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization
Title | Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization PDF eBook |
Author | Mr.A. Javier Hamann |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 1999-10-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1451855362 |
Do exchange-rate-based stabilizations generate distinctive economic dynamics? To address this question, this paper identifies stabilization episodes using criteria that differ from those in previous empirical studies of exchange-rate-based stabilizations. We find that, while some differences can be detected between exchange-rate-based stabilizations and stabilizations where the exchange rate is not the anchor, the behavior of important variables does not appear to differ—especially output growth, which is good in both cases. There is also no evidence that fiscal discipline is enhanced by adopting an exchange-rate anchor, or that there are any systematic differences in the success records of stabilizations that use the exchange rate as a nominal anchor and those that do not.