Effects of Different Currencies and Exchange Rate Regimes in Post-Yugoslav Countries during the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
Effects of Different Currencies and Exchange Rate Regimes in Post-Yugoslav Countries during the Global Financial and Economic Crisis

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the national currencies and their exchange rate regimes in the successor countries of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which experienced a shift from an optimum currency area to a variety of national currencies. The effects of the existence of several national currencies and of sharing a single currency both unilaterally, and officially, on trade in the region are evaluated. The role of the national currencies and exchange rate regimes in regional economic links are elaborated. Channels through which the substantial instability and excess volatility, as well as the de facto euroization are influencing the banking sectors during the global financial and economic crisis are discussed.

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