01688cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002425 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451805376 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run-Up to EU Accession. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (64 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to have driven movements in equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics since the start of the transition process. In the earlier years of transition, price liberalization, increased demand for services and other nontradables, and shifts in domestic production and exports toward higher valued-added products contributed to real appreciation through higher measured inflation. The strength of the real appreciation during these years appears to also reflect the correction of an initial undervaluation of exchange rates. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2003/114 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2003/114/002.2003.issue-114-en.xml IMF e-Library