Foreign Exchange Market Volatility in Eu Accession Countries in the Run-Up to Euro Adoption : Weathering Uncharted Waters /

The paper analyzes foreign exchange market volatility in four Central European EU accession countries in 2001-2003. By using a Markov regime-switching model, it identifies two regimes representing high- and low-volatility periods. The estimation results show not only that volatilities are different...

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Autor principal: Szekely, Istvan
Altres autors: Kobor, adam
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/016
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF
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Sumari:The paper analyzes foreign exchange market volatility in four Central European EU accession countries in 2001-2003. By using a Markov regime-switching model, it identifies two regimes representing high- and low-volatility periods. The estimation results show not only that volatilities are different between the two regimes but also that some of the cross-correlations differ. Notably, cross-correlations increase substantially for two pairs of currencies (the Hungarian forint-Polish zloty and the Czech koruna-Slovak koruna) in the high-volatility period. The paper concludes by discussing the policy implications of these findings.
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ISSN:1018-5941
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