Economic and monetary union : principles and implications Monetary integration involves costs as well as benefits. Europeans, however, are adverse to exchange rate instability. As the ERM has reached its limits, the appropriate answer is to move to full monetary union. This is the goal of the EMU project in the Maastricht treaty. This article reviews the treaty's major choices : central bank independence, fiscal discipline, and economic policy coordination. It also discusses the consequences of EMU for French economic policy. Although the external constraint vanishes, the public sector will still be subject to a solvency constraint. Monetary policy will be lost as an instrument. The absorption of asymmetric shocks will require more wage-p...
Policy Mix and monetary union : is there a tradeoff between federalism and budgetary restrictions Th...
We examine the cases where both France and Germany both prefer to form a monetary union and the natu...
European Monetary Union: A Survey This survey considers the broad themes of European Monetary Union...
The paper includes three parts. The first concerns the economic foundations of monetary union and th...
The European economic and monetary union has one major implication on fiscal policy. Indeed the mone...
In this paper, we suggest that an irrevocable determination of exchange rates has both costs and ben...
The Economic and Monetary Union: A New Context for Economic Policy - The completion of the Economic ...
This article highlights the considerable loss of monetary and exchange rate sovereignty implied both...
European Monetary Union and International Monetary Coopération, by Barry Eichengreen and Fabio Ghiro...
This article examines the loss of sovereignty that the transition to the Union implies for France in...
The discussion on Maastricht treaty has largely focused upon macroeconomic problems. Regulatory and ...
Along with obvious benefits for european economies, monetary union will bring new constraints and di...
A European Monetary Bank Endowed with Central Bank Functions The ultimate aim for complete European...
This article deals with the latest developments of European union. Since the beginning of the Europe...
European monetary union has again been the subject of debate in recent months. The supporters are ma...
Policy Mix and monetary union : is there a tradeoff between federalism and budgetary restrictions Th...
We examine the cases where both France and Germany both prefer to form a monetary union and the natu...
European Monetary Union: A Survey This survey considers the broad themes of European Monetary Union...
The paper includes three parts. The first concerns the economic foundations of monetary union and th...
The European economic and monetary union has one major implication on fiscal policy. Indeed the mone...
In this paper, we suggest that an irrevocable determination of exchange rates has both costs and ben...
The Economic and Monetary Union: A New Context for Economic Policy - The completion of the Economic ...
This article highlights the considerable loss of monetary and exchange rate sovereignty implied both...
European Monetary Union and International Monetary Coopération, by Barry Eichengreen and Fabio Ghiro...
This article examines the loss of sovereignty that the transition to the Union implies for France in...
The discussion on Maastricht treaty has largely focused upon macroeconomic problems. Regulatory and ...
Along with obvious benefits for european economies, monetary union will bring new constraints and di...
A European Monetary Bank Endowed with Central Bank Functions The ultimate aim for complete European...
This article deals with the latest developments of European union. Since the beginning of the Europe...
European monetary union has again been the subject of debate in recent months. The supporters are ma...
Policy Mix and monetary union : is there a tradeoff between federalism and budgetary restrictions Th...
We examine the cases where both France and Germany both prefer to form a monetary union and the natu...
European Monetary Union: A Survey This survey considers the broad themes of European Monetary Union...