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Turkey and the EU : politics and economics of accession
Flam, Harry - 2003
This paper discusses political and economic aspects of Turkish accession. Under present rules, Turkey would have the … Turkey, particularly in agriculture. The main obstacles to accession are not economic, but political. Historical experience … prevents Turkey from eliminating the decisive political role of the military, giving Kurds and other minorities cultural rights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506471
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Turkish delight does Turkey´s accession to the EU bring economic benefits?
Lejour, Arjan; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2004
Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in response to the free movement of workers. Overall, the … macroeconomic implications for EU countries are small but positive. European exports increase by around 20 percent. Turkey … accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic institutions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402438
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The Brexit as a forerunner : monetary policy, economic order and divergence forces in the European Union
Müller, Sebastian; Schnabl, Gunther - 2018
We analyze the effects of the increasingly expansionary monetary policies on the economic order and on the European integration process. We argue that the market orders shaped in postwar Germany and in Margret Thatcher's United Kingdom have long served as cornerstones for growth, prosperity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809903
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The Maastricht convergence criteria and optimal monetary policy for the EMU accession Countries
Lipińska, Anna (contributor) - 2008
The EMU accession countries are obliged to fulfill the Maastrich convergence criteria prior to entering the EMU. This paper uses a DSGE model of a two-sector small open economy, to address the following question: How do the Maastricht convergence criteria modify optimal monetary policy in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778818
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The political economy under monetary union: has the euro made a difference?
Fratzscher, Marcel; Stracca, Livio - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794175
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Restructuring the ECB
Berger, Helge; Haan, Jakob de; Inklaar, Robert - 2003
Soon, euro area membership could more than double, with the vast majority of accession countries being quite different in economic terms compared with current members. Under the current decision-making system, this can lead to high decisionmaking costs and there is a risk that monetary policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511101
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Nominal wage flexibility, wage indexation and monetary union
Calmfors, Lars; Johansson, Åsa - 2002
Membership in a monetary union implies stronger incentives for nominal wage flexibility in the form of wage indexation and shorter contract length than nonmembership. For example, entry into a monetary union may cause a move from a non-indexation to an indexation equilibrium. But more wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410646
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The admission of accession countries to an enlarged monetary union : a tentative assessment
Ca'Zorzi, Michele (contributor);  … - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001762876
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Structural reforms and the enlargement of monetary union
Hefeker, Carsten - 2000
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781545
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Intraday effect of news on emerging European forex markets : an event study analysis
Kočenda, Evžen; Moravcová, Michala - 2018
We analyze the impact of Eurozone/Germany and U.S. macroeconomic news announcements and the communication of the monetary policy settings of the ECB and the Fed on the forex markets of new EU members. We employ an event study methodology to analyze intra-day data from 2011-2015. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902959