Monetary Convergence And Risk Premiums In The EU Candidate Countries

Lucjan T. Orlowski ()

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Abstract: This study examines the link between various monetary policy regimes and the ability to manage inflation and exchange rate risk premiums in the EU candidate countries as they undergo monetary convergence to the eurozone. The underlying hypothesis is that a system of 'flexible inflation targeting' may be an optimal policy choice for managing these two categories of risk. A model of inflation and exchange rate risk premiums within the context of inflation targeting is proposed. Recent trends in these risk premiums in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland are tested by using the GARCH(1,1) methodology.

Keywords: inflation risk premium; exchange rate risk premium; inflation targeting; monetary convergence; transition economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 E52 P33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cba, nep-ifn, nep-mac, nep-mon, nep-rmg and nep-tra
Date: 2005-01-31
Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 36
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