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transition countries. The paper is based on the idea that the process of convergence can, to a large extent, be viewed via … developments in real exchange rates. Key issues associated with real exchange rate developments in transition countries are defined … data since the outset of transition, though it has slowed in the past two years. Now it appears that the most economically …
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The authors contend that the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA) provides a useful framework for discussions of monetary integration. The authors summarize the historical development of monetary integration and discuss possible future development. Theoretical issues, such as those raised in...
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other selected transition economies by applying the concept of the debt-adjusted real exchange rate (DARER), thereby … motivation for constructing DARER is the fact that many transition economies finance their long-term current account deficits … Czech Republic. Part six and annex 1 to this work contain empirical DARER results for selected transition countries …
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The paper presents an analysis of the determinants of the real exchange rate with emphasis on its long-term aspects and searching for the equilibrium paths. It introduces the behavioral models of exchange rates (especially the BEER and the NATREX), that are alternatives to the often-used...
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The optimum currency area (OCA) theory tries to answer an almost prohibitively difficult question : what is the optimal number of currencies to be used in one region. The difficulty of the question leads to a low operational precision of OCA theory. Therefore, we argue that the OCA theory is a...
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transition. Emphasis is given to a hypothetical evaluation of the exchange rate criterion. We review the exchange rate strategies … of transition countries using an analytical framework similar to the EU member states, and discuss the selected … experience of EU-15 countries, we summarize the main determinants of exchange rate movement in transition countries. Finally, we …
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In this article we focus on factors affecting property prices in the Czech regions. We apply an empirical analysis to identify periods of property price overvaluation by three alternative approaches: using ratios related to house prices (price-to-income and price-to-rent), using simple analysis...
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The article is focused on the analysis of export performance of the German economy, including the model scenarios that illustrate the transmission of shocks to the external environment of the Germany into the Czech economy. The analysis is motivated by the fact that the German economy is by far...
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This article, based on an empirical analysis, discusses factors affecting property prices and tries to identify periods of property price overvaluation in the Czech Republic. To achieve this, the article uses both relatively simple approach using ratios related to the house prices (e.g....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008553108
The paper discusses the phenomenon of long-term real equilibrium appreciation of the koruna in the context of economic, i.e. nominal and real convergence. The real appreciation can take place either through a nominal exchange rate channel or through inflation differential channel vis-á-vis the...
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