Income per capita of Hungary attained 70 percent of the Austrian level by the end of the eighteenth century and fluctuated around this value between the World Wars. As an „achievement” of the last 50 years this ratio — measured at purchasing power parity — has decreased to about 40...

This paper provides a statistical analysis of the components of real exchange rate in Hungary for the period 1991-1996. The real exchange rate is decomposed into a tradable and a nontradable rate. The following main conclusions are valid: 1. The Balassa-Samuelson effect, which presumes a real...

CEE countries experience a catching up period in economic growth while preparing for accession to the European Union. In several countries we experience an expenditure boom arising either from exuberant expectations of consumers towards EU or EM or a fiscal deficit usually underpinned by an...

The model is an application of the precautionary consumer saving model to the external debt policy of a small open economy. Let us assume that the welfare criterion of macroeconomic policy is the utility function of a representative infinitely living dynasty. This approach is in line with the...

A magyar gazdaság a háború előtt évtizedekig, sőt már a századfordulón is az ausztriai egy lakosra számított szintnek mintegy 70 százalékán teljesített. Az utóbbi 50 év eredményeképpen" ez az arány vásárlőerő-paritáson mérve 40 százalék körülire esett. A...

Nyitott gazdaságokban az aggregált többletkereslet sokszor nem a munkanélküliség változásában csapódik le a Phillips-görbével leírt módon, hanem a külkereskedelmi deficitben. Az ebből adódó inflációs nyomás ekkor a valutaárfolyam gyengülésében és ennek az árakba...

This paper argues that the Phillips curve relationship is not sufficient to trace back the output gap, because the effect of excess demand is not symmetric across tradeable and non-tradeable sectors. In the non-tradeable sector, excess demand creates excess employment and inflation via the...

This paper argues that the Phillips curve relationship is not sufficient to trace back the output gap, because the effect of excess demand is not symmetric across tradeable and non-tradeable sectors. In the non-tradeable sector, excess demand creates excess employment and inflation via the...