Real exchange rate adjustment in European transition countries

Florin Maican and Richard J. Sweeney

Journal of Banking & Finance, 2013, vol. 37, issue 3, 907-926

Abstract: In single-equation tests, real exchange rates show mean reversion for nine of 10 Central and Eastern European transition countries for the period January 1993 to December 2005. Because of the shift from controlled to market economies and accompanying crises, failed policy regimes and changes in exchange rate regimes, unit root tests for transition countries often require allowance for structural changes. Accounting for structural breaks gives substantially faster mean-reversion speeds than those found for major industrialized countries. These fast adjustment speeds are plausible: Transition countries had perhaps 10years to make unprecedented adjustments required for accession to the European Union. A number of papers have applied non-linear models to the Central and Eastern European countries. This paper investigates four non-linear models and compares them with piece-wise linear break models. The break models appear superior in detecting mean reversion for the Central and Eastern European transition countries.

Keywords: Purchasing power parity; Real exchange rate; Unit root; Transition countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 C22 C32 C33 E31 F3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.10.007

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