Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration

The paper examines potential conflicts between rapid EU integration of economies in transition (EiTs) and their pursuing catch-up by focusing on exchange-rate policies. After justifying the proposed inquiry, official pronouncements on ER policies that EU candidates are expected to pursue in the run...

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Main Author: Jozef M. Van Brabant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2012-04-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/9932
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description The paper examines potential conflicts between rapid EU integration of economies in transition (EiTs) and their pursuing catch-up by focusing on exchange-rate policies. After justifying the proposed inquiry, official pronouncements on ER policies that EU candidates are expected to pursue in the run-up to and upon their accession are summarized, and the salient features of recent debates on ER regimes recalled. Inasmuch as EiTs must modernize and reconcile this obligation with EU membership, in spite of the EU's cohesion experience, the paper combines real and nominal convergence issues with institutional changes upon EU accession to draw a novel perspective on the desirable postaccession transition regime for EiTs with a fairly active ER policy and the EU's cohesion strategy. Core components of such a strategy are advocated.   JEL Codes: F31, P33, F33
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spelling doaj.art-410c9b4575b547a381fd4ba3c19cc6712023-02-03T16:48:02ZengAssociazione Economia civilePSL Quarterly Review2037-36352037-36432012-04-015421810.13133/2037-3643/9932Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integrationJozef M. Van Brabant The paper examines potential conflicts between rapid EU integration of economies in transition (EiTs) and their pursuing catch-up by focusing on exchange-rate policies. After justifying the proposed inquiry, official pronouncements on ER policies that EU candidates are expected to pursue in the run-up to and upon their accession are summarized, and the salient features of recent debates on ER regimes recalled. Inasmuch as EiTs must modernize and reconcile this obligation with EU membership, in spite of the EU's cohesion experience, the paper combines real and nominal convergence issues with institutional changes upon EU accession to draw a novel perspective on the desirable postaccession transition regime for EiTs with a fairly active ER policy and the EU's cohesion strategy. Core components of such a strategy are advocated.   JEL Codes: F31, P33, F33 https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/9932Exchange Rates
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Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
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title Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
title_full Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
title_fullStr Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
title_full_unstemmed Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
title_short Exchange-rate policy in eastern Europe and EU integration
title_sort exchange rate policy in eastern europe and eu integration
topic Exchange Rates
url https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/9932
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