We investigate official and implicit nominal anchors for six Central and Eastern European countries during 1994 to 2002. Most of these countries have moved from fixed to more flexible regimes and adopted a form of inflation targeting. Achieving their new official targets has had mixed success....

We estimate monetary policy rules for six central and eastern European countries (CEEC) bytaking changes in the policy settings explicitly into account. Distinguishing rather fixed andmore flexible exchange rate arrangements we find that for most countries exchange ratesplayed an important role...

We estimate monetary policy rules for six central and eastern European countries (CEEC) by taking changes in the policy settings explicitly into account. Distinguishing rather fixed and more flexible exchange rate arrangements we find that for most countries exchange rates played an important...

Main description: Der Autor untersucht, ob sich im Zeitablauf trendmäßige Entwicklungen, insbesondere ein signifikanter Anstieg der Wechselkursvolatilität feststellen lassen, und wieweit diese durch das gewählte Wechselkursregime beeinflusst werden. Im Gegensatz zu bisherigen Arbeiten liegt...