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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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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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This paper is based on an internal report prepared by the IMF staff in connection with the application of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (Czechoslovakia) for membership in the IMF. The paper surveys the economic system that had developed up to the time of the reforms begun in 1987 and...
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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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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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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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