The findings of the paper point to the fact that the fixed exchange rate regimes did not operateas an effective shield of protection from currency strains and transformational recessions.

This paper constructs a general quilibrium trade model of a small open economy producing an exported good, an imported good and a non-traded good by using two or more factors of production, one of which, namely capital, is imperfectly internationally mobile.

We use Greek data during 1960-1994 to test and estimate a model in which wage inflation, price inflation and unemployment depend on the exchange rate regime, the identity of the political party in power and whether an election is expected to take place.

In this paper we spell out the advantages and disadvantages of fixing the exchange rate, with particular attention to the relationship between the pattern of economic disturbances and the exchange rate regime.