Macroeconomic Conditions and Import Surcharges in Selected Transition Economies /

Analysis on macroeconomic determinants of protection in the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, and Poland, while subject to many caveats, suggests that appreciation of the real exchange rate was the main macroeconomic determinant of trade policy reversals in the 1990s. This suggests that balance o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sorsa, Piritta
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/062
Online Access:Full text available on IMF