Armenia: An Assessment of the Real Exchange Rate and Competitiveness

Author/Editor:

Anke Weber ; Chunfang Yang

Publication Date:

January 1, 2011

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper uses a range of different methodologies to estimate the equilibrium real exchange rate in Armenia with both single-country and panel estimation techniques. We estimate a country specific autoregressive distributed lag model and then proceed with the estimation of a cointegrated panel consisting of transition economies in Europe and Central Asia. This addresses cross section dependence by using common correlated effects estimators. While our analysis focuses on Armenia, the methods are applicable to a large number of transition economies, and the paper thus provides an overview of methods that can be used to assess a country’s equilibrium exchange rate.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2011/020

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

January 1, 2011

ISBN/ISSN:

9781455211951/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2011020

Pages:

39

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