TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burgess,Robert
AU  - Fabrizio,Stefania
AU  - Xiao,Yuan
ED  - International Monetary Fund.
TI  - The Baltics: competitiveness on the eve of EU accession 
SN  - 9781589063260
AV  - HC240.25.B29 B87 2004
U1  - 332.45'09479 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - European Union
KW  - Baltic States
KW  - Foreign exchange rates
KW  - Competition
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - "Special issues paper ... based on a staff background paper for the 2003 Article IV consultations between the International Monetary Fund and the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, and the Republic of Lithuania"--Pref; Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-69); Overview -- Introduction -- Assessing competitiveness -- Productivity developments in the Baltics -- Equilibrium real exchange rates -- Conclusions and policy implications -- Appendix 1. Estimating equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics in a cointegration framework
N2  - This book assesses the competitive position of the Baltic countries and focuses, in particular, on the viability of the countries; strategy of maintaining their fixed exchange rates on joining the European Union, participating in its exchange rate mechanism, and then adopting the euro at the earliest possible date
ER  -