Export Performance and External Competitiveness in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia /

This paper reviews a broad set of indicators of competitiveness in the Macedonian economy and estimates the equilibrium real effective exchange rate (REER) using different methodologies. Although the REER is broadly in equilibrium at present, structural factors are found to hamper competitiveness. W...

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Hlavní autor: Gutierrez, Eva
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/261
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF
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