IMF Working Papers

The Credibility of the United Kingdom's Commitment to the Erm: Intentions Versus Actions

By Paul R Masson

December 1, 1994

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Paul R Masson. The Credibility of the United Kingdom's Commitment to the Erm: Intentions Versus Actions, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

The paper presents estimates of a model of the credibility of the U.K. commitment to its central parity against the deutsche mark during the period of U.K. ERM membership (1990-92). The measure of credibility used is the long-term interest differential with Germany. Credibility is decomposed into two aspects: an assessment of whether the government was truly committed to the ERM, and the probability that even a committed government would be able to continue to bear the unemployment costs. Doubts about the first aspect—which could lead to a self-fulfilling crisis—are shown to have declined steadily during the period of ERM membership, while the second aspect is estimated to have become increasingly important, due to rising unemployment.

Subject: Employment, Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Labor, Prices, Unemployment

Keywords: Employment, EMS, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Government policy, Government's reputation, Inflation, Monetary policy, Optimising government, Statements to the contrary, U.K. government, Unemployment, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    32

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1994/147

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1471994

  • ISBN:

    9781451856682

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Presents estimates of a model of the credibility of the U.K. commitment to its central parity against the deutsche mark during the period of U.K. ERM membership (1990-92).

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