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It is widely debated whether a monetary union has to be accompanied by a fiscal transfer scheme to accommodate asymmetric shocks. We build a model of a monetary union with a central bank and two heterogeneous countries that are linked by a fiscal transfer scheme with repercussions on monetary...
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The paper addresses the question what effects the enlargement of a monetary union will have on necessary structural refoms in the (low distortion) member countries and the (high distortion) candidate country. While monetary union lowers reforms in the candidate country, members of the monetary...
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The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right … policy implications for EMU enlargement and ECB restructuring. …
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The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right … policy implications for EMU enlargement and ECB restructuring. …
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What political objective should a common central bank in a heterogeneous monetary union pursue? Should it base its decisions on the EU-wide average of inflation and growth or should it instead focus on (appropriately weighted) national rates of inflation and growth? We find that a central bank...
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The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right … policy implications for EMU enlargement and ECB restructuring. -- monetary policy ; wage setting ; European Monetary Union … ; European Central Bank ; euro area ; ECB reform ; EMU enlargement ; accession countries …
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