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Title: The Determinants of Realignment Expectations Under the EMS - Some Empirical Regularities

Author(s): Zhaohui Chen and Alberto Giovannini

Publication Date: July 1993

Keyword(s): Basle-Nyborg Agreements, EMS, Exchange Rates and Realignment

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: The stability of the EMS depends crucially on the realignment expectations of market participants. In this paper we discuss how to measure such expectations and how to relate them to economic fundamentals, central bank reputation, and the institutional arrangements of the EMS. We find the following empirical regularities for FF/DM and IL/DM exchange rates: (1) expected devaluations are positively related to the current exchange rate deviation from the central parity; (2) expected devaluations are negatively related to the length of time since last realignment in the short and medium run; (3) the Basle-Nyborg agreements seem to have a stabilizing effect for both currencies examined, albeit through different channels; (4) large revaluation expectations occur immediately after devaluations. (1) and (4) are not inconsistent with the hypothesis of `over-speculation' or market inefficiency.

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Chen, Z and Giovannini, A. 1993. 'The Determinants of Realignment Expectations Under the EMS - Some Empirical Regularities'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=790