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

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.
Publication date: December 1994
ISBN: 9781451856682
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Labor , EMS , monetary policy , exchange rates , unemployment , probability , equation , employment , equations

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