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Frait, Jan, Komárek, Luboš and Melecky, Martin (2006) The real exchange rate misalignment in the five central European countries. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.739).

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Abstract

The paper focuses on the developments of real exchange rates and their fundamental determinants in the five new EU Member States (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia). First, the approaches that can be used for estimation of equilibrium real exchange rates are briefly discussed. Then, we use well-established determinants of real exchange rates associated with the behavioral equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) approach to assess misalignments of the real exchange rates for the five new EU Member States. The estimates of the equilibrium exchange rates are obtained by means of both purely statistical approaches (HP filter, band-pass filter) and applying several multivariate estimation methods to our reduced-form BEER model. The results obtained indicate that the tendency towards appreciation of real exchange rates in the economies under consideration have been driven primarily by fundamental determinants.

Item Type:

Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HG Finance

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Foreign exchange rates -- Europe, Eastern, Equilibrium (Economics), International finance, Multivariate analysis, Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions

Series Name:

Warwick economic research papers

Publisher:

University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Place of Publication:

Coventry

Official Date:

2006

Dates:

Date	Event
2006	Published

Number:

No.739

Number of Pages:

Status:

Not Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

Funder:

Grantová agentura České republiky [Grant Agency of the Czech Republic] (GACR)

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