Finding Stability in a Time of Crisis: Lessons of East Asia for Eastern Europe
28 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2015
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Finding Stability in a Time of Crisis: Lessons of East Asia for Eastern Europe
Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2413305, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research (HKIMR) Research Paper WP No. 05/2014
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 25 Mar 2014
Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
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Date Written: February 9, 2015
Abstract
This paper examines the options of small open economies of in Eastern Europe pegged to the Euro, in a time of crisis. Specifically, should Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania move to full Euro area accession, as Estonia, Slovakia, and Slovenia have done, or follow the examples of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary?
Keywords: Sudden stop, currency union, financial contagion
JEL Classification: E52, E62, F41
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McNelis, Paul D., Finding Stability in a Time of Crisis: Lessons of East Asia for Eastern Europe (February 9, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2562517 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2562517
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