Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152840 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 406
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
It is commonly thought that an open economy can accommodate output shocks through either exchange rate or real sector adjustments. We formalise this notion by incorporating labour market rigidities into an “escape clause” model of currency crises. We show that the absence of structural reform makes a currency peg more fragile and undermines the credibility of the monetary authority in a dynamic setting. The fragility is captured by a devaluation premium in expectations that increases the average inflation rate when the currency peg is more vulnerable to “busts” than “booms”. This interaction between macroeconomic and microeconomic rigidities suggests that a policy reform can only be consistent if it renders either exchange rates or labour markets flexible.
Subjects: 
Exchange rate policy
labour market flexibility
structural reform
JEL: 
E42
F33
D84
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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