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Governments of most accession countries in Central and Eastern Europe initially expressed keen interest to adopt the Euro as soon as possible. The fervour seems to have cooled somewhat in the meantime. This paper will argue that there are good reasons for mixed feelings. While monetary...
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Countries (CEEC) into the European Union (EU) is accompanied by an extension of the eurozone to this region. This paper surveys …
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recommendations both for new member states (on how to manage their accession to the Eurozone) and for the European Commission, ECB and … current Eurozone members, and should further improve before Eurozone entry, decreasing risk of their exposure to idiosyncratic … credibility of the Euro and price stability in the Eurozone will not be threatened by fast EMU Enlargement. Neither can the …
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The EMU accession countries are obliged to fulfill the Maastricht 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...
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By the Treaty of Accession to the EU, Romania opted for the euro adoption. According to the Maastricht Treaty, since 2014 Romania has fulfilled the nominal convergence criteria, thus becoming apt to adopt the euro. But a careful analysis of the reality and the lessons learnt from the Euro Area...
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recommendations both for new member states (on how to manage their accession to the Eurozone) and for the European Commission, ECB and … current Eurozone members, and should further improve before Eurozone entry, decreasing risk of their exposure to idiosyncratic … credibility of the Euro and price stability in the Eurozone will not be threatened by fast EMU Enlargement. Neither can the …
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EMU enlargement not only depends on the individual state of convergence of the accession candidates, but also on their political situation. Therefore, we argue that institutional convergence, in particular monetary policy binding, is equally - if not more - important for successful monetary...
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