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The paper presents estimates of devaluation expectations for six EMS currencies relative to the Deutsche mark, for the period March 1979-May 1990. The estimation method is simple and operational, and consistently generates sensible results. The estimates are constructed by the adjusting interest rate differentials by subtracting estimated expected rates of depreciation within the exchange rate band. The adjustment is nontrivial because exchange rates within the ERM bands display mean reversion rather than random walk (unit root) behavior. The adjustment is essential since the expected rates of depreciation are usually of about the same magnitude as the interest rate differentials.
The paper presents estimates of devaluation expectations for six EMS currencies relative to the Deutsche mark, for the period March 1979-May 1990. The estimation method is simple and operational, and consistently generates sensible results. The estimates are constructed by the adjusting interest rate differentials by subtracting estimated expected rates of depreciation within the exchange rate band. The adjustment is nontrivial because exchange rates within ERM bands display mean reversion rather than random walk (unit root) behavior. The adjustment is essential since expected rates of depreciation within the band are usually of about the same magnitude as interest rate differentials.
The purpose of this study is to analyze realignment expectations in the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System, in particular with reference to the five year period (1987-1992) during which no realignments were done.
Devaluation expectations for the Swedish krona are estimated for the period 1982-1991 with several methods. First the "simplest test" is applied under either only the minimal assumption of "no positive minimum profit" or the additional assumption of uncovered interest parity. Then a more precise method suggested by Bertola and Svensson is used, in which expected rates of depreciation within the exchange rate band, estimated in several ways, are subtracted from interest rate differentials. In addition the probability density of the time of devaluations is estimated. Finally, estimated devaluation expectations are to some extent explained by a few macrovariables and parliament elections
Los altos costes de despido en Europa han sido acusados insistentemente de la debil situacion del empleo. Sin embargo, las conclusiones que se extraen de la literatura relevante son algo ambiguas. Este trabajo analiza de nuevo el impacto de los costes de ajuste bajo incertidumbre. Se demuestra que la interaccion entre el nivel de los costes de ajuste y el tipo de incertidumbre puede tener importantes ramificaciones para la dinamica del empleo. En concreto, encontramos que el permitir la posibilidad de condiciones economicas transitorias aumenta considerablemente la persistencia del empleo. Concluimos el analisis con una serie de ejercicios de simulacion para ilustrar que el permitir cambios en el entorno economico en el que las empresas han venido operando en las ultimas dos decadas puede aumentar considerablemente nuestro entendimiento de la evolucion del empleo en Europa (ub) (mac).