Abstract (eng)
This master thesis describes possible macroeconomic determinants of exchange-rate volatility in countries in central Europe. At the beginning of the thesis, I measure volatility with the autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity models, which are preferred in the literature. Thereafter I analyze the relationship between determinants and volatility. As all my data are stationary and I am interested in linear relationships between the variables, I follow the dynamic vector autoregression model. Then I use impulse response function analysis, which is useful for investigating shocks and responses on variables. The results point to some significant determinants of exchange-rate volatility in the Visegrad-Four countries. One of them, a share index, which measures stock market development, is significant in three out of four countries.