IMF Working Papers

How Does Learning Affect Inflation After a Shift in the Exchange Rate Regime?

By Laura Papi

June 1, 1994

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Laura Papi. How Does Learning Affect Inflation After a Shift in the Exchange Rate Regime?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed September 19, 2024
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Summary

This paper analyzes the consequences of a shift from a floating to a pegged exchange rate regime on the actual and expected inflation rate, in an environment of asymmetric information. Policymaking is endogenous and the public learns rationally. There are two main findings. First, there is a “honeymoon effect” after the regime change, where inflation is lower than in the long run. Second, the asymmetric information outcome converges to that of symmetric information in the long run.

Subject: Exchange rate arrangements, Exchange rates, Inflation, Purchasing power parity, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Exchange rate, Inflation rate, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    26

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1994/070

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0701994

  • ISBN:

    9781451960372

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941