Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17948 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2007-25
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We compare the duration and performance of different monetary regimes, especially the contrast between countries those that fix exchange rates and those that target inflation. Inflation targeting is a more durable policy; no country has yet been forced to abandon an inflation target, while many have abandoned fixed exchange rates. Indeed, even though inflation targeting began only in 1990, the duration of inflation targeting regimes is at least as long as, or longer than all alternative monetary regimes for comparable countries. Regime duration also matters in monetary policy; older regimes are typically more successful than younger ones in achieving low inflation.
Subjects: 
empirical
panel
exchange
rate
inflation
policy
data
success
target
filter
time
JEL: 
E58
E52
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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