Measuring competitiveness /
This paper reviews alternative approaches to measuring an economy's cost competitiveness and proposes some new measures inspired by the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real effective exchange rates, but differ from standard measures in...
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| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund, Research Dept.,
2006.
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| Series: | IMF working paper ;
WP/06/209. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. MEASURING THE COST OF LIVING
- III. TRUE REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATES
- IV. AN APPLICATION: THE IRISH ECONOMY'S EXPOSURE TO STERLING
- V. CONCLUSION
- Appendix
- References