Estimating the Equilibrium Exchange Rate of the Central and Eastern European Acceding Countries: The Challenge of Euro Adoption

Review of World Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-708

  Égert, Balázs ^a   Lahrèche Révil, Amina ^b  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equilibrium exchange rate; ERM II; Euro adoption; Real exchange rate; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442517435     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02653109     Document Type: Article

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