Author/Editor: Katrin Elborgh-Woytek, Julian Berengaut.

Release Date:October, 2006

Against the background of the theory of optimum currency areas, the paper analyzes possible sequences for establishing a currency union (CU) in the Middle East and Central Asia region. Between the more...

Author/Editor: Katrin Elborgh-Woytek, Julian Berengaut.

Release Date:April, 2005

The paper analyzes the initial output decline in transition economies by estimating a crosssection model stressing two major factors-conflicts and the legacies of the Soviet period. We link the more...

Author/Editor: J E J De Vrijer, Katrin Elborgh-Woytek, Julian Berengaut, Bogdan Lissovolik, Mark Lewis.

Release Date:May, 2002

After a long period of steep decline which followed the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's economy rebounded in 2000, and the recovery accelerated in 2001. The paper examines the timing and the more...