Modelling GDP in CEECs Using Smooth Transitions

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Neil Foster-McGregor and Robert Stehrer

wiiw Working Paper No. 36, December 2005

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This paper employs smooth transition models to investigate the GDP series of ten CEECs. Allowing for a transition in both trend and intercept we examine the response of GDP to reforms in CEECs. Our results indicate that in only a small of number of countries is there evidence to suggest that the impact of the reforms on long-run growth has been positive. In most cases there has been no significant impact of the transition on the trend growth rate. There also appears to be little difference in terms of the depth of recession, speed of adjustment and the impact of reforms on GDP growth depending upon whether a country adopted a gradual or a fast approach to reforms.

 

Keywords: CEECs, GDP growth, smooth transitions, time series analysis

JEL classification: C22, O57

Countries covered: Bulgaria, Visegrad countries, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, New EU Member States, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Baltic States, SEE

Research Areas: Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI


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