on the Baltic States, especially Latvia. Thanks to the Single Market of the EU, workers in this country became able to … increase in wages due to a tightened labour market. Banks from Nordic countries came to operate in Latvia and competed for …. The Lehman shock dealt the Latvian economy its final blow. Latvia set up the introduction of the Euro in 2013 as an exit …

The paper evaluates competitiveness of Latvia's exporters from various aspects by using detailed trade data from … Comtrade. Competitiveness represented by the market share of Latvia's products in world trade was on the rising trend, growing … almost two times between 1999 and 2010. Such a dynamic improvement was mainly accounted for by intensive margin, as Latvia …

The aim of this study is to estimate the equilibrium REER of Latvia, which was done by using different methodologies … rate method. The results of all approaches used in this study indicate that the real exchange rate of Latvia, after …

This paper evaluates the inflation effect of recent VAT rate changes in Latvia by using CPI micro data. Our findings …

countries, candidates for a currency union, applied to the case of Latvia will be analysed using a Post Keynesian approach. It … will be argued that the institutional changes in Latvia have paved the way for a dysfunctional policy mix, such that led to …

€”Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It identifies common features and common challenges, and discusses policies—both national and jointâ …

Latvia has rebounded from the crisis, after successfully undertaking a difficult adjustment program. The recovery has …