Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451927037
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (519 download)
Book Synopsis Credibility. Capital Controls, and the EMS by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book Credibility. Capital Controls, and the EMS written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common rationale for EMS membership is that it enhances the credibility of a central bank’s commitment to stable monetary growth. In this paper we consider this idea in the light of two features of the system, namely, the existence of exchange rate bands and the prevalence of capital controls. In our model, capital controls themselves affect credibility, reducing it in the absence of exchange-rate bands but enhancing it when there are such bands. We also show that it is difficult to reconcile the non-zero width of the bands with the credibility-based interpretation of the EMS.