Aufbauend auf der Analyse des Reformbedarfs zu Beginn der Transformationsprozesse in Mittel- und Osteuropa untersucht die Arbeit anhand von zwei Modellrahmen die Rolle der Wechselkurspolitik beim Übergang zur Marktwirtschaft. Es wird gezeigt, daß die Wahl des optimalen Wechselkurssystems von...

Die Wechselkurspolitik steht zu Beginn des Transformationsprozesses im Spannungsfeld von außenwirtschaftlicher Liberalisierung und makroökonomischer Stabilisierung. Die Rolle der Währungskonvertibilität und die Wahl des Wechselkursregimes sind für einen erfolgreichen Übergang von der Plan-...

This paper develops a model of the circumstances under which it is beneficial to participate in a currency area. The proposed two-country monetary model of trade with nominal rigidities encompasses the real and monetary arguments suggested by the optimum currency area literature: correlation of...

A small expectations-expanded "Mundell-Fleming" model is built for the European Union Accession Countries and estimated to assess the optimality of different exchange rate regimes (a peg and a float) through a simple welfare function. Floating appears as the best option for most of the countries...

This work presents an extension of a small open economy DSGE model allowing the transition toward a monetary policy regime aimed at exchange rate stability to be described. The model is estimated using the Bayesian technique to fit the properties of the Czech economy. In the scenarios assessed,...

This paper discusses the scope for international macroprudential policy coordination in a financially integrated world economy. It first reviews the transmission channels associated with, and the empirical evidence on, financial spillovers and spillbacks - which have both increased in magnitude...

Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...

In command economies, inflation is either absent or at least unrelated to supply and demand. However, when the economies in Eastern Europe started transforming into market economies, they suddenly experienced high and volatile inflation rates. Transformation countries are therefore interesting...