CHAPTER 1:Saving, Investment, Financial Integration and FDI in Central Europe (Magorzata Jakubiak) Evidence on domestic savings and investments in industrialised countries indicates that capital markets are not perfectly integrated. On the contrary, various measures of financial integration...

This paper is concentrated on the comparative macroeconomic analysis of the differences stemming from the extent to which the institutional framework of the currency board arrangement is implemented in the legal and regulatory systems in the different countries. The main objective of taking into...

The author estimates determinants of household saving in Poland in years 1994.1997. It turns out that the household saving rate depends strongly on household income. However, the household saving function from disposable income is not strictly linear. It "kinks" upwards at the point where...

Pension systems and pension expenditures show large variations among countries worldwide. This variation appears to reflect mainly demographic factors and differences in the level of insurance protection, the latter tending to increase with the level of development. The focus of this paper is...

This paper summarizes recent literature on the experience of some existing currency boards. It begins with the definition of the currency board and the description of some existing currency boards. It then discusses advantages and disadvantages of implementing the currency board regime, and...

In this paper we present the macroeconomic model elaborated by the Modeling Group of the International Center for Policy Studies. This paper includes the theoretical background as well as a detailed explanation of the two parts of the model: forecasting of nominal GDP and inflation and...

This paper explores the methods that the Ukrainian government (supported by international technical assistance providers) is developing to minimize the probability of a damaging, systemic banking crisis. The contention is that with highly lucrative existing sources of income for banks receding...

The paper aims to analyse the economic transition in Georgia, focusing on the stabilization and structural reform program which began in 1994, once regained political stability after 2 years of civil war. The stabilization and structural reform program promoted by IMF and World Bank was...

This paper has been designed as an attempt to estimate the magnitude of the influence of relative price shifts on the overall price level in Poland during the transition period 1989-1997. For that purpose, the theoretical model has been found that builds on menu costs and trend inflation to...

The expectations of the government of Kyrgyzstan and the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan were quite optimistic. In 1996, despite of fiscal problems, further macroeconomic stabilization (i.e., reduction of the annual rate of inflation) and a stable rise of production were expected. However, as it is...