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Since beginning economic transition, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia have—with much success … particular could be problematic. The exception is Estonia, where there are good arguments for retaining the currency board …
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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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aimed at encouraging investment and job creation. Accession to the EU will present challenges to labor markets …
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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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This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Estonia highlights its growth performance relative to other countries in … the European Union (EU). Estonia has experienced a period of unprecedented growth since the mid-1990s. Between 1995 and … 2005, Estonia’s real GDP per capita rose by an average of 61⁄2 percent a year, exceeding the annual growth rates of all …
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Of the new members entering the European Union (EU) in May 2004, several had achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding significantly their shares of world markets. The empirical analysis shows that over the period 1994–2004, quality and technology upgrading associated with the...
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This Selected Issues paper of the Republic of Estonia reviews the current account deficits, sustainability, and … external solvency in the Baltic countries. The paper describes labor market trends in Estonia after the transition … highlights the IMF's projections and estimates for the Republic of Estonia …
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