Price convergence in EU-accession countries: Evidence from the international comparison

Economie Internationale

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-82

  Čihák, Martin ^b   Holub, Tomáš ^a  

^a CZECH NATIONAL BANK   (Czech Republic)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Balassa Samuelson Model.; Inflation; Real Exchange Rate; Relative Prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751204098     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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