Am 15. Januar 2019 lehnte das britische Unterhaus das Brexit-Abkommen zwischen dem Vereinigten Königreich und der EU ab. Das Nein der britischen Abgeordneten ist nachvollziehbar. Der Deal hätte das Vereinigte Königreich auf den Status einer Handelskolonie herabgestuft, ohne handelspolitische...

This paper studies the incentives to join or enlarge a monetary union under alternative assumptions about the extent of market reform within the union and in candidate countries. Lack of labour mobility, wage/price flexibility or fiscal reform brings costs for both new entrants and in the...

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has transformed Europe and has created an integrated pan-European economy. Much research has focused on understanding this integration process and what benefits and costs it entails. This paper identifies a political economy channel of EMU as the monetary union...