Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26404 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2359
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper focuses on macroeconomic interdependencies between the Euro area and three transition economies (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia), with the aim of establishing whether the latter are ready to adopt the Euro. The theoretical framework is based on the Generalised Purchasing Power Parity (GPPP) hypothesis, which is empirically tested within a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model. Using both monthly and quarterly data over the period 1993-2005, it is found that GPPP holds for the real exchange rate vis-à-vis the Euro of each Baltic country, reflecting a degree of real convergence consistent with Optimum Currency Area criteria. Further, the adopted joint modelling approach for the real exchange rates of the Baltic region outperforms a number of alternative models in terms of out-of-sample forecasts.
Subjects: 
Transition economies
Euro area
(generalised) Purchasing Power Parity
transition economies
Euro area
(Generalised) Purchasing Power Parity
Vector Error Corrector models
JEL: 
C32
E00
F36
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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