Monetary Commitment and Structural Reforms: A Dynamic Panel Analysis for Transition Economies

Ansgar Belke and Lukas Vogel

No 6775, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper examines the contemporaneous relationship between the exchange rate regime and structural economic reforms for a sample of CEEC/CIS transition countries. We investigate empirically whether structural reforms are complements or substitutes for monetary commitment in the attempt to improve macroeconomic performance. Both EBRD and EFW data suggest a negative relationship between flexible exchange rate arrangements and external liberalization. Another finding from the EFW sample is that economic liberalisation has tended to be stronger under better macroeconomic fundamentals, suggesting that the impact of good macroeconomic conditions as facilitating structural reforms outweighs countervailing effects in the sense of lower reform pressure.

Keywords: political economy of reform; panel data; structural reform; transition countries; exchange rate regime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E52 E61 F36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2012-08
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Published - published in: International Economics and Economic Policy, 2015, 12 (3), 375-392

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