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Economic growth and real exchange rate misalignments in the European Union

We investigate the relationship between economic growth and real exchange rate (RER) misalignments within the European Union (EU) during the period of 1995–2016. In addition to the relative price level of GDP, we quantify an alternative indicator for the RER: the internal relative price of services...

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Published in:Acta oeconomica 2020-09, Vol.70 (3), p.297-332
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