Search Results - subject:"Balassa–Samuelson effect"

Rich Neighborhood Effect Versus the Balassa-Samuelson Effect : An Income-Based Explanation of International Price Level Differences

Tang, Xiang - 2008

As a standard explanation for national price levels, the Balassa-Samuelson (BS) effect presupposes a homogeneous domestic labor force and intersectoral labor mobility. We propose a contrasting theory of the rich neighborhood effect which allows for domestic labor force heterogeneity. The...

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Monetary Policy Choices in Emerging Market Economies : The Case of High Productivity Growth

Natalucci, Fabio M.; Ravenna, Federico - 2008

inflation and exchange rate within predetermined numerical targets. We also find that the Balassa-Samuelson effect raises by an … tradable and non-tradable sectors result in an equilibrium appreciation of the real exchange rate - the so-called Balassa-Samuelson … effect. The paper explores the dynamic properties of this economy and the welfare implications of alternative policy rules …

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Does the Balassa-Samuelson Hypothesis Hold for Asian Countries? An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data and Cointegration Tests

Drine, Imed; Rault, Christophe - 2008

This paper tests empirically the Balassa-Samuelson (BS) hypothesis using annual data for 6 Asian countries. We apply new panel data cointegration techniques recently developed by Pedroni (2000, 2004) and we compare the results with those obtained with conventional Johansen (1995)'s time series...

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Productivity and exchange rate dynamics : supporting the Harrod-Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis through an 'errors in variables' analysis

Pham Van Ha (contributor); Kompas, Tom (contributor) - 2008

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A test of the Balassa-Samuelson effect applied to Chinese regional data

Guo, Qian (contributor); Hall, Stephen G. (contributor) - 2008

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS A TEST OF THE BALASSA-SAMUELSON EFFECT APPLIED TO CHINESE REGIONAL DATA …. 08/8 March 2008 1 A Test of the Balassa-Samuelson Effect Applied to Chinese Regional Data By Qian Guo 1 … Effect Applied to Chinese Regional Data ABSTRACT In this paper we investigate the relevance of the Balassa-Samuelson …

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Wage, price and unemployment dynamics in the Spanish transition to EMU membership

Jusélius, Katarina; Ordóñez, Javier - 2008

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Catching-up and inflation in transition economies : the Balassa-Samuelson effect revisited

Mihaljek, Dubravko; Klau, Marc - 2008

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Inflation Targeting as Monetary Policy Strategy in View of Romania'?s Adopting Euro as National Currency

Leoveanu, Valentin - In: Manager Journal 8 (2008) 1, pp. 72-76

On its way towards the European Union accession, Romania had undertaken a multitude of economic transformations that made the transit from the ineffective system of central planning to an institutional framework created to facilitate the functionality of a competitive market economy. Linked to...

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Real Exchange Rate Appreciation in Central and Eastern European Countries. Why the Balassa-Samuelson Effect Does Not Explain the Whole Story

García Solanes, García Solanes José - Fundación BBVA - 2008

This working paper surveys the determinants of the significant real exchange rate appreciations experienced by the currencies of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries with respect to the euro since the mid 1990s. After analysing the reasons why the Balassa-Samuelson model cannot account...

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Productivity differential and bilateral real exchange rate between India and US

Pal, Soubarna - In: Journal of quantitative economics : official journal of … 9 (2011) 1, pp. 146-155

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