Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and Competitiveness in Transition Economies

Integrating transition economies into the global commercial and trade market system is a prolonged and risky process. This book is a collection of studies dealing with the different issues related to the liberalization of external relations in economies moving from a socialist to a market-based syst...

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Other Authors: Blejer, Mario I. (Editor), Skreb, Marko (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Transition and the Open Economy: An Overview
  • Transition and the Open Economy: An Overview
  • Exchange-Rate Policies and the Balance of Payments
  • Current-Account Sustainability in Transition Economies
  • Exchange-Rate Arrangements in the Transition Economies
  • Toward Virtual Exchange-Rate Stability in Western and Eastern Europen with the Advent of EMU
  • A Model of Real Exchange-Rate Determination in Transition Economies
  • Financing the Transition to a Market Economy: External Borrowing in the Baltics and CIS Region
  • Capital Flows and Stability of Financial Systems in Emerging Countries
  • Transition and International Trade
  • Geographic Diversification of Trade in Transition Economies
  • The Fiscal Implications of Trade Liberalization in Transition Countries
  • What is Special about Endogenous International Trade Policy in Transition Economies?
  • Selected Country Experiences
  • External Deficit, Exchange Rate, and Competitiveness in Croatia: Is There a Problem?
  • Exchange-Rate Policy in the Czech Republic: The Perils of Sticking to Fixed Exchange Rates
  • Trade, Trade Policy, and Foreign-Exchange Regimes Under Transition: Russia and the Dutch Disease
  • Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and Competitiveness: Lessons for Transition Economies from the Israeli Experience
  • Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and Competitiveness in Hungary
  • Current-Account Surplus and Falling Competitiveness in Slovenia