Download or read book Estimating the Equilibrium Exchange Rate of the Central and Eastern European Acceding Countries written by Balázs Égert and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ambition of this study is to estimate the equilibrium real and nominal exchange rates for 5 selected Central and Eastern European transition economies, namely for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. For this purpose, the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate (FEER) methodology developed by Williamson (1994) is combined with the behavioural equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) approach advocated by Clark and McDonald (1998). Our investigation is based on the notion of internal and external balances defined respectively in terms of the relative price of non-tradable goods and the long-run sustainability of the current account position, and is carried out in the framework of a VAR-based 3-equation cointegration system. Long-term equilibrium values for relative prices are determined using relative productivity and private consumption, whereas the current account is regressed on terms of trade and the openness ratio. To derive the equilibrium real exchange rate and to compute subsequently the extent of misalignment, the long-run values for external and internal balances are substituted in the simultaneously estimated cointegration relationships connecting the real effective exchange rate with relative prices and the current account. The empirical findings show that the gap between the observed and estimated equilibrium real exchange rates differs across the 5 transition countries: the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia may have experienced an excessive appreciation of their real effective exchange rate whilst Hungary and Slovenia show little sign of overvaluation during the period under study. These results suggest the role flexible exchange rate regimes may play in exchange rate misalignments. Assuming that the obtained misalignment can be eliminated with adjustments in the nominal exchange rate, the estimated misalignment is used to derive the equilibrium nominal exchange rate against the euro. Finally, we construct a hypothetical ERM-II so as to investigate the nominal exchange rate stability around the estimated equilibrium nominal exchange rate.
Download or read book Equilibrium Exchange Rates of Central and Eastern European Countries on the Road to the European Monetary Union written by Jörg Rahn and published by Peter Lang Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The upcoming enlargement of the European Monetary Union involves the selection of appropriate reference rates at which the exchange rates of the accession countries will be fixed against the euro in order to avoid economic distortions as consequences of serious exchange rate misalignments. Determination of an exchange rate that is neither undervalued nor overvalued raises the issue of equilibrium exchange rates. Based on time series as well as panel estimation techniques three different concepts - BEER, PEER and PPP - are applied in this study to calculate equilibrium exchange rate levels for ten Central and Eastern European countries. The results indicate significant real misalignments in a number of accession countries.
Download or read book Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Central and Eastern European Countries written by José García Solanes and published by Fundacion BBVA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Monetary Approach to Exchange Rates in the Ceecs written by Jarko Fidrmuc and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panel data set for six Central and Eastern European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) is used to estimate the monetary exchange rate model with panel cointegration methods, including the Pooled Mean Group estimator, the Fully Modified Least Square estimator and the Dynamic Least Square estimator. The monetary model is able to convincingly explain the long-run dynamics of exchange rates in CEECs, particularly when this is supplemented by a Balassa-Samuelson effect. We then use our long-run monetary estimates to compute equilibrium exchange rates. Finally, we discuss the implications for the accession of selected countries to the European Economic and Monetary Union.
Download or read book Bilaterial Equilibrium Exchange Rates of EU Accession Countries Against the Euro written by Jörg Rahn and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We apply BEER and PEER approaches to calculate real equilibrium exchange rates for five EU accession countries in central and east Europe. Bilateral nominal equilibrium exchange rates against the euro are obtained through algebraic transformation of the results. Panel cointegration techniques are used to check the adequacy of the empirical model. The results reveal substantial overvaluations of the real exchange rate in several EU accession countries. Overvaluation is even higher when these exchange rates are expressed in nominal terms against the euro.
Download or read book Equilibrium Exchange Rate Models the Euro and the 2004 Expansion of the EU written by Isabell Koske and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the launch of the euro in 1999, researchers, policy makers, and business analysts have put great interest in the evolution of the external value of the euro. In 2004 the European Monetary Union expanded its membership with the accession of ten countries from central and eastern Europe and the Mediterranean. As these countries are committed to adopt the euro as soon as they fulfill the Maastricht criteria, knowing their currencies' equilibrium value is of great policy interest. This study addresses these questions by deriving equilibrium exchange rate paths for the euro and for the currencies of the new EU member countries. Specifically, one part investigates in how far variations in seven bilateral nominal euro exchange rates can be explained by monetary factors and then estimates the equilibrium path of the real effective exchange rate of the euro based on the NATREX approach. The final chapters derive equilibrium exchange rate paths for the currencies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the three Baltic countries using a small country version of the NATREX model.
Download or read book Measurement of Costs and Benefits of Accession to the European Union for Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe written by Jørgen Mortensen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Equilibrium Exchange Rates in Central and Eastern Europe written by Balázs Égert and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper sets out to analyse the ever-growing literature on equilibrium exchange rates in the new EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe in a quantitative manner using meta-regression analysis. We study the extent to which the estimated real misalignments reported in the literature depend on the underlying theoretical approach (Balassa-Samuelson effect, Behavioural Equilibrium Exchange Rate, Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rate) and on other characteristics of the individual studies. We also seek to explore whether we can gain more insight from the literature regarding what determines the size and, perhaps more importantly, the sign of the estimated coefficient of the productivity variable and of two other variables commonly included in real exchange rate determination equations, notably net foreign assets and openness.
Download or read book Assessing Equilibrium Exchange Rates in CEE Acceding Countries written by Balázs Égert and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ambition of this paper is to provide a thorough overview of equilibrium exchange rates in the acceding countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Therefore, theoretical models of equilibrium exchange rates are reviewed first and presented in a structured way. Subsequently, the existing body of the empirical literature aimed at investigating real exchange rate determination and possible misalignments is analyzed in a systematic manner. Finally, an attempt is made to sum up where we stand at the moment and what the major shortcomings of the approaches currently used in the literature are.
Download or read book Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run Up to EU Accession written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-04-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to have driven movements in equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics since the start of the transition process. In the earlier years of transition, price liberalization, increased demand for services and other nontradables, and shifts in domestic production and exports toward higher valued-added products contributed to real appreciation through higher measured inflation. The strength of the real appreciation during these years appears to also reflect the correction of an initial undervaluation of exchange rates.
Download or read book Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies EMU and Central and Eastern Europe written by David K. H. Begg and published by Centre for Economic Policy Research. This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines European transition economies and their need to find a robust strategy for macroeconomic policy in the period leading up to accession and in preparation for joining EMU.
Download or read book Assessing Equilibrium Exchange Rates in CEE Acceding Countries written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Dynamics written by P. Karadeloglou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-02-13 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the PPP persistence puzzle, and econometric aspects of exchange rate dynamics and their implications. It also explores the importance of exchange rate dynamics in the pass-through effects (PTE) and the econometric aspects of the exchange rates dynamics linked to structural shocks on different economies.
Download or read book IMF Staff Papers Volume 57 No 1 written by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do highly indebted countries suffer from a debt overhang? Can debt relief foster their growth rates? To answer these important questions, this article looks at how the debt-growth relation varies with indebtedness levels, as well as with the quality of policies and institutions, in a panel of developing countries. The main findings are that, in countries with good policies and institutions, there is evidence of debt overhang when the net present value of debt rises above 20–25 percent of GDP; however, debt becomes irrelevant above 70–80 percent. In countries with bad policies and institutions, thresholds appear to be lower, but the evidence of debt overhang is weaker and we cannot rule out that debt is always irrelevant. Indeed, in such countries, as well as in countries with high indebtedness levels, investment does not depend on debt levels. The analysis suggests that not all countries are likely to profit from debt relief, and thus that a one-size-fits-all debt relief approach might not be the most appropriate one.
Download or read book International Macroeconomics written by Amalia Morales Zumaquero and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international macroeconomics area has experienced substantial growth over the past decade. The goal of this volume is to present the most important developments in the international macroeconomics field in recent years. The literature in this area has evolved mainly in four directions that constitute the four parts of this book. In particular, Part I focuses on the purchasing power parity (PPP) puzzle, Part II presents papers that try to explain the behaviour of nominal and real exchange rates, Part III covers the financial crises, currency crises and contagion recent literature and, finally, the behaviour of exchange rates, inflation and output convergence in Central and Eastern European transition economies are considered in Part IV.
Download or read book Monetary Policy in Transition written by Olivier Basdevant and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monetary policy faces a particularly difficult task in most economies going through structural reforms: having to stabilise fluctuations around the trend, central banks have also to deal with a trend that is itself subjected to shifts, as a result of reforms. This book proposes some perspectives on these issues, with various contributions from both practitioners and academics, emphasising how rather simple techniques can be conveniently used to solve complex problems. Several issues are hence considered, each emphasising a particular aspect of the theme proposed: (i) forecasting inflation, with the experience of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand being taken as an example, since this country went through drastic structural change, (ii) understanding underlying trends of inflation, focusing on expectations and data revision, wage-bargaining process and more generally supply effects, since structural change magnifies them, (iii) formulating policy recommendations, the example taken is the strategy towards the euro for Eastern European countries and (iv) assessing risks of sudden stops.
Download or read book Euro Adoption in Central and Eastern Europe written by Ms.Susan Schadler and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2005-04-18 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight central and eastern European countries--the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia--officially joined the European Union (EU) in May 2004. This auspicious milestone marked the beginning of the next major step for these countries in their move toward full integration with the EU-adoption of the euro. Seeking to consider the opportunities and challenges of euro adoption, the papers in this volume--by a noted group of country officials, academics, representatives of international institutions, and market participants-offer insight on the various dimensions of euro adoption in these eight new EU members--how they should prepare, whether an early move is optimal, and what pitfalls may occur along the way.
