Discussion paper

DP493 The Simplest Test of Target Zone Credibility

Under the assumption of no arbitrage, exchange rate target-zone credibility is tested by whether domestic interest rates fall within `rate-of-return bands' between the maximum and minimum home-currency rate of return on a foreign investment in the absence of a devaluation. Under the assumption of uncovered interest rate parity, credibility is tested by whether expected future exchange rates fall within the exchange rate band. Under the assumption that devaluations are a Poisson process, the expected exchange rate, the probability intensity and the expected size of a devaluation can be related. These tests are illustrated using data on the Swedish target zone between January 1987 and August 1990.

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Citation

Svensson, L (1991), ‘DP493 The Simplest Test of Target Zone Credibility‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 493. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp493