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Exchange Rate Variability, Pressures and Optimum Currency Area Criteria: Implications for the Central and Eastern European Countries
May 15, 2007 09:51

This paper estimates the medium-term determinants of the bilateral exchange rate variability and exchange rate pressures for 20 developed countries in the 1990s.

Monetary and Credit Policy No comments yet
Tags: exchange, rate, pressure, developed, CEE, SEE
Do market pressures induce economic efficiency ? The case of Slovenian manufacturing, 1994-2001
December 3, 2007 17:05

The Slovenian transition represents a slow, but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique longitudinal data set on all manufacturing firms in Slovenia over the period 1994-2001, the authors analyze how firm efficiency changed, in response to changing competitive pressures, holding constant firm attributes.

Economic Development No comments yet
Tags: market, pressure, economic, efficiency, Slovenian, manufacture
Towards Measurement of Political Pressure on Central Banks in the Emerging Market Economies: The Case of the Central Bank of Egypt
January 18, 2008 17:47

This paper assesses whether the legal independence granted to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) under the latest legislation is factual. I followed Fry’s methodology, which assumes that the level of independence of the central bank is determined by fiscal attributes.

Banking Sector No comments yet
Tags: polital, pressure, bank, price, monetary