Learning process is a new approach of filling the gap between adaptive expectations and rational expectations. Private agents are learning new information and adjust their expectation about the inflation and output gap. Central bank transparency is one of the key factors of learning by private...

The paper evaluates some policy dilemmas the Czech monetary policy will face on the way towards adopting common currency. The assessment of the inflation criterion concentrates on the potential clash with so called real convergence showing that alleged negative influences on the catching-up...

The article contains a general analysis of the exchange rate convergence process of EU and eurozone-candidate countries. Emphasis is given to an analysis of the exchange rate policy of member states within the ERM/ERM2 mechanism (beginning several years before the introduction of the euro) and...

The article contains a general analysis of the exchange rate convergence process of EU and eurozone-candidate countries. Emphasis is given to an analysis of the exchange rate policy of member states within the ERM/ERM2 mechanism (beginning several years before the introduction of the euro) and...

The article is a general analysis of the exchange rate convergence process for EU and Eurozone candidate countries. The introduction states that exchange rate strategies of candidate countries have to be consistent with the „acquis communataire“ from beginning to end. For these countries,...

V kvìtnu 2002 se konal 38. semináø ÈSE z øady semináøù ""Ekonomické teorie a èeská ekonomika"" s názvem: Argentina - vzestupy a pády?. Øeèníkem semináøe byl Jiøí Jonáš, poradce výkonného øeditele Mezinárodního mìnového fondu. Jeho vystoupení se zamìøilo na...

The article summarizes the main points discussed at the seminar on Monetary Policy during Very Low Inflation, held by the Czech Economic Association in June 2003. There were two main speakers at the seminar. The first was Jan Frait (Czech National Bank), who summarized the main ideas of...

V první dekádì dubna 2002 se uskuteènil 36. semináø ÈSE z øady ?Ekonomické teorie a èeská ekonomika? s názvem: ?Iinflation Targeting ? Lessons from the International Experience?, uspoøádaný ve spolupráci s Èeskou národní bankou. Hostem organizujících institucí byl øeèník...