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Real Effects of Exchange Rate-Based Stabilization: An Analysis of Competing Theories

Sergio Rebelo, Carlos A. Vegh

NBER Working Paper No. 5197*
Issued in July 1995
NBER Program(s):   EFG    IFM

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.

*Published: This paper was subsequently published as Real Effects of Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization: An Analysis of Competing Theories, Sergio Rebelo, Carlos A. Vegh, in NBER book NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1995, Volume 10 (1995)

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