This paper analyses the problem of designing macroeconomic stabilization policies within the European Monetary Union (EMU) as a dynamic game between a centralized monetary authority, the European Central Bank (ECB), and national fiscal policy makers. Non-cooperative feedback Nash equilibrium and...

The EMU is an highly integrated economic area where externalities occur. Therefore, in this context interaction of monetary and fiscal policies is a crucial issue. This paper focuses on how coalitions among policy-makers are formed and what are their effects on the stabilization of output and...

Dynamic Modeling of Monetary and Fiscal Cooperation Among Nations analyzes coordination of monetary and fiscal stabilization policies between countries and currency areas using a dynamic game approach. The first four chapters introduce the reader to the dynamics of fiscal and monetary policy...

The interaction of monetary and fiscal policies is a crucial issue in a highly integrated economic area as the European Union. We argue that EMU, which introduced a common monetary policy and restrictions on fiscal policy at the national level, increases the need for macroeconomic policy...

In einer Währungsunion besteht für die Mitgliedsländer keine Möglichkeit mehr, durch eine vorübergehende Störung verursachte binnenwirtschaftliche Ungleichgewichte mittels Anpassung des nominalen Wechselkurses zu korrigieren. Wenn die supranationale Geldpolitik unionsweiten, die nationale...