Labor Productivity and Real Exchange Rate : The Balassa-Samuelson Disconnect in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia /

This paper seeks to investigate the transmission mechanisms linking productivity to the real exchange rate in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. At first glance, the stylized facts-low labor productivity growth and a trend real depreciation-suggest that a Balassa- Samuelson effect is in play...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loko, Boileau
Other Authors: Tuladhar, Anita
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/113
Online Access:Full text available on IMF