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The paper examines labor market developments in the four hard-peg European Union (EU) accession candidates during transition, with a view toward understanding the persistent high unemployment experienced in each country. Despite the significant levels of unemployment in all four countries, labor...
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The paper examines the evolution of the institutional setup of Lithuania''s Currency Board Arrangement (CBA) and competitiveness from 1994 through 2001, with a view to determining the resilience of the Lithuanian CBA to external shocks in 2002-03. First, several indicators of competitiveness are...
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Cambodia became dollarized suddenly in the early 1990s, as a result of massive dollar inflows stemming from a postconflict situation. Considering that the amount of dollars in circulation is unusually high, we attempt to estimate the true degree of dollarization empirically. Our results show...
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We provide a framework for analyzing the choice between optimal and robust monetary policy rules in the presence of paradigm uncertainty. We first discuss the conditions on uncertainty that render a robust rule preferable to an optimal rule. Second, we show how the degree of risk aversion of the...
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Bulgaria did not have any exchange rate crisis, international bailout, bank intervention, or build-up of public debt …
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Despite enduring one of the sharpest contractions in the EU, Estonia has been successful in its all-out efforts to join …
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Estonia (BoE) is committed to maintaining the currency board until the euro becomes Estonia's official currency. The …
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The Republic of Estonia’s 2007 Article IV Consultation reports that surging domestic demand has widened the external …
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This paper assesses Estonia’s flexibility from two angles. The paper focuses on one aspect of that performance …—the ability to sustain competitiveness. Then, a more forward-looking angle is the flexibility of Estonia’s labor and product … markets. Estonia has made great progress in achieving real convergence in the last decade. Current account deficits are …
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Estonia’s commitment to free markets and prudent financial policies has paid off handsomely. Demand pressures and rapid …. Estonia’s economic growth has supported—and been supported by—rapid credit growth, financed increasingly by resource transfers …
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