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In Search of a Dramatic Equilibrium: Was the Armenian Dram Overvalued?

By Nienke Oomes, Vahram Stepanyan, Gohar Minasyan, Ara Stepanyan

March 1, 2009

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Nienke Oomes, Vahram Stepanyan, Gohar Minasyan, and Ara Stepanyan. In Search of a Dramatic Equilibrium: Was the Armenian Dram Overvalued?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

This papers estimates the equilibrium exchange rate for Armenia using three different approaches: the purchasing power parity (PPP) approach, the behavioral equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) approach, and the external sustainability (ES) approach. All three approaches suggest that the dram was overvalued by about 20–30 percent prior to the devaluation of the dram in March 2009.

Subject: Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Production, Productivity, Purchasing power parity, Real effective exchange rates, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Balassa-Samuelson, Competitiveness, Eastern Europe, Equilibrium exchange rate determinant, Equilibrium exchange rate path, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Middle East, Misalignment, PPP approach, Productivity, Productivity differential, Purchasing power parity, Real effective exchange rates, Real exchange rate, Real exchange rates, Trade partner, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    22

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2009/049

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2009049

  • ISBN:

    9781451871975

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941