(Papers presented at the 4th Annual Research Conference, 11-12 October 2007) This volume contains nine papers presented at the 4th DG ECFIN Annual Research Conference held in October, 2007 in Brussels on the theme: Growth and income distribution in an integrated Europe: Does EMU make a...

Tutkimuksessa, joka on osa Helsingin Yliopistossa Kansantaloustieteen laitoksella 7.9.1988 hyväksytystä Pro-gradu tutkielmasta, tarkastellaan valuuttakurssin määräytymistä yleisen tasapainon mallissa. Sovellettava malli liittyy siihen rahateorian kehitykseen, jossa on ollut tavoitteena...

The Finnish real exchange rate is estimated as a latent variable in a model of current account determination. The measure thus constructed behaves in the 70's much like the measures most often used (relative unit labour costs and relative consumer prices) but in the 80·s there are considerable...

The paper reviews the Finnish experience of maintaining an explicit currency band since its creation in 1977. The emphasis is on the latter half of the 1980s, which is a period of free capital movements and unregulated domestic money markets. The first part of the paper gives an historical...

This paper summarizes the basic arguments given by professors Christian Bordes, David Currie and Hans Söderström in their reports on the state and behaviour of the Finnish economy prior to mid 1993. The focus is primarily on the analytical frameworks or models used by the professors to...

This paper summarizes the basic arguments given by professors Christian Bordes, David Currie and Hans Söderström in their reports on the state and behaviour of the Finnish economy prior to mid 1993. The focus is primarily on the analytical frameworks or models used by the professors to...

Termiinikurssin ja toteutuvan avistakurssin eroa on käsitelty kirjallisuudessa usealla eri tavalla. Yleistä on se, että ennustevirhe tulkitaan riskipreemioksi. Tässä selvityksessä oletetaan, että riskipreemio on ajassa muuttuva, ja että se voidaan jakaa systemaattiseen ja satunnaiseen...

The ECB’s price stability mandate has been defined by the Treaty. But the Treaty has not spelled out what price stability precisely means. To make the mandate operational, the Governing Council has provided a quantitative definition in 1998 and a clarification in 2003. The landscape has...

In this paper a small aggregative model of the Finnish economy with rational exchange rate and price expectations is specified and estimated with quarterly data. Optimal exchange rate regimes are assessed by simulating the effects of various unanticipated and permanent shocks. According to the...

Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan sekä teoreettisesti että empiirisesti koron ja/tai valuuttakurssin jouston suotavuutta talouden eristämiseksi erilaisilta häiriöiltä. Kurssisopeutumisen tarve riippuu ratkaisevasti eräistä talouden keskeisistä rakennepiirteistä sekä häiriöiden...