What Determines International Competitiveness of the Economy?: Evidence from Bayesian Model Averaging

This study examines the determinants of current account, export market share and exchange rates using Bayesian Model Averaging. Main policy implication of the study is that increasing international competitiveness is a gradual process that requires institutional and technological changes rather than a short-term adjustments in relative prices.

Piotr Dybka is an Assistant Professor at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. His research interests are international economics, with a particular focus on sources of international competitiveness, and public economics, especially in the context of shadow economy estimation.