Exchange Rate Policy and Inflation in Acceding Countries: The Role of Pass-Through

23 Pages Posted: 16 Apr 2004

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Fabrizio Coricelli

University of Siena - Department of Political and International Sciences ; Paris School of Economics (PSE); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Bostjan Jazbec

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics

Igor Masten

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics

Date Written: April 2004

Abstract

This paper analyzes the link between the choice of exchange rate regime and inflationary performance in four acceding countries to the EU: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. The results allow a clear ranking of countries according to the size of the pass-through effect and the importance of exchange rate shocks to overall inflationary performance. In particular, perfect pass-through effect can be associated with accommodative exchange rate policy, which can moreover become the most important source of inflationary pressures. The analysis suggests that for CEEC-4 an early adoption of the Euro can provide the most efficient framework for reducing inflation.

Keywords: EMU accession, pass-through effect, I(2) cointegration analysis, policy accomodation

JEL Classification: E42, E52, E58, C32

Suggested Citation

Coricelli, Fabrizio and Jazbec, Bostjan and Masten, Igor, Exchange Rate Policy and Inflation in Acceding Countries: The Role of Pass-Through (April 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=530762 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.530762

Fabrizio Coricelli (Contact Author)

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Bostjan Jazbec

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics ( email )

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Igor Masten

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics ( email )

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Ljubljana, 1000
Slovenia

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