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    • Devaluation and competitiveness in a small open economy: Ireland 1987-1993 

      Bartolini, Leonardo (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)
      This paper studies market expectations of a devaluation of the Irish pound from 1987 to 1993, and relates them to the evolution of Ireland's competitiveness over the same period. Much of the volatility of expectations of ...
    • Devaluation expectations and fundamentals: some new evidence for Ireland 1979-1994 

      Walshe, Don; O'Donnell, Mary (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)
      This paper uses a Probit model to link economic fundamentals with devaluation expectations for the Irish pound over the period 1979-1994. The estimates relate to both the probability as well as the size of an expected ...
    • The Irish pound in the EMS 

      O'Loghlen, B. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1981)
      On the 13th June 1980, the Central Bank of Ireland ended the transitional arrangement for the Irish pound in the EMS and allowed the pound to float up to the maximum permitted margins of the EMS. The pound is now in the ...
    • On the credibility of the Irish pound in the EMS 

      Ledesma-Rodriguez, Francisco; Navarro-Ibanez, Manuel; Perez-Rodriguez, Jorge; Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2000)
      This paper assesses the degree of credibility of the Irish Pound in the European Monetary System between 1983 and 1997. Different credibility indicators proposed in the literature are used to measure agents? perceptions ...
    • Sterling movements and Irish pound interest rates 

      Honohan, Patrick; Conroy, Charles (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1994)
      Despite convergence of inflation to below the system's average, Ireland experienced volatile short-term interest rates in the EMS. Much of the volatility comes from periods of Sterling weakness being associated with higher ...