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Monetary Policy in Selected CIS Countries

Organiser: Dr Lúcio Vinhas de Souza, Kiel Institute for World Economics

Meeting 1: 12-13 July 2004, Bruges, Belgium (click here for programme)

Meeting 2: 10-11 February 2005, Finland, Helsinki

The aim of this study group is to analyse a specific set of macroeconomic policies –namely, monetary policy- in selected Eastern European countries not covered by the current EU Enlargement process. Specifically, we aim to concentrate on the major CIS (Community of Independent States, the loose successor of the Soviet Union, bar the Baltic Republics) countries: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. We will analyse current and prospective monetary policy options (for instance, the implications of the  monetary (re)unification of Belarus and Russia, the viability of a floating cum inflation targeting in Russia and Ukraine) and estimate empirical monetary policy rules for these countries (a work never attempted before for this sample of nations).

Contact: Dr Lúcio Vinhas de Souza, Kiel Institute for World Economics (T: +49 43 1881 4205, desouza@ifw.uni-kiel.de)

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