Walsh, Brendan M.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1993-01-06)
As one of a set of policies designed to reduce inflation and interest rates to the levels prevailing in Germany the Irish pound has been stabilised in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System since ...
Walsh, Brendan M.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1993-05)
Following an account of the perceptions of the contribution of education to economic development among Irish policy-makers since the second world war, this paper examines the performance of the Irish economy in the framework ...
The article explores Ireland's participation in the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) of the European Monetary System since mid-1986. It has been found that membership of the ERM per se did not have the expected moderating ...
Sterling's departure from the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) in September 1992 precipitated a crisis for Irish exchange rate policy that was resolved, for the time being at least, by the decision to devalue at the end of ...
Walsh, Brendan M.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1993-07-19)
This paper examines the experience of The Gambia following the liberalization of its exchange rate and financial markets in the mid-1980's. It is shown that although nominal interest rates are high, and the real interest ...