Arbeitspapier

Real currency appreciation in accession countries: Balassa-Samuelson and investment demand

The Balassa-Samuelson effect is usually seen as the prime explanation of the continuous real appreciation of central and east European (CEE) transition countries' currencies against their western counterparts.The response of a small country's real exchange rate to various shocks is derived in a simple model.It is shown that productivity shocks work not only through a Balassa-type supply channel but also through an investment demand channel. Therefore, empirical evidence apparently in favour of Balassa-Samuelson effects may require a re-interpretation.The model is estimated for a panel of CEE countries.The results are consistent with the model, plausibly explain the observed real appreciation and support the existence of the proposed investment demand channel.

ISBN
951-686-832-0
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: BOFIT Discussion Papers ; No. 8/2002

Classification
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Fischer, Christoph
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2002

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Fischer, Christoph
  • Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)

Time of origin

  • 2002

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