The Balassa-Samuelson effect in Central and Eastern Europe: Myth or reality?

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 552-572

  Égert, Balázs ^a,b   Drine, Imed ^c   Lommatzsch, Kirsten ^d   Rault, Christophe ^c,e  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e University of Evry and EPEE   (France)

Author keywords

Balassa Samuelson effect; EMU; Panel cointegration; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141908326     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-5967(03)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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