From Transition Crises to Macroeconomic Stability? Lessons from a Crises Early Warning System for Eastern European and CIS Countries

Kristina Kittelmann, Marcel Tirpak, Rainer Schweickert and Lucio Vinhas de Souza ()

Kiel Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Abstract: This paper uses a Markov regime-switching model to assess the vulnerability of a series of Central and Eastern European countries (i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic) and two CIS countries (i.e., Russia and Ukraine) during the period 1993–2004. For the new EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, the results of our model show that the majority of crises in those countries can be explained by inconsistencies in the domestic policy mix and by the deterioration of macroeconomic fundamentals, as emphasized by first generation crises models, while for the CIS countries analysed, financial vulnerability type indicators were the most relevant, i.e., indicators connected with the second and third generation of crisis model better explain the vulnerability of these countries. Additionally, the set of indicators choosen by our model is rather heterogenous, supporting the superiority of a country-by-country approach.

Keywords: EU; Central and Eastern Europe; CIS; early warning system; currency crisis; Markov switching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F47 P20 C22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-02
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