Inequality, Integration, and Policy: Issues and evidence from EMU

Economic integration fosters production efficiency by enhancing market competition, and makes it difficult for National governments to conduct independent fiscal policies and to enforce income redistribution schemes. Controlling for country-level income variation, available data suggest that Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was associated with a small but significant increase in disposable income inequality, reflecting less generous social policies.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2009-04
Authors:	Bertola, Giuseppe
Institutions:	C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Subject:	Policy competition \| Social policy

More details

Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CEPR Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 7251
Classification:	E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792182