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Monetary and Fiscal Policy Dynamics in an Asymmetric Monetary Union

Clausen, Volker; Wohltmann, Hans-Werner - EconWPA - 2002

This paper investigates the dynamic effects of monetary and fiscal policy in a monetary union, which is characterized by asymmetric interest rate transmission. This asymmetry gives rise to intertemporal reversals in the relative effectiveness of policy on member country outputs. The direction...

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Leitlinien für ein dauerhaftes Wachstum in der EU? Konzept und Wirkung der Grundzüge der Wirtschaftspolitik

Hein, Eckhard; Niechoj, Torsten - EconWPA - 2005

The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines contain the answers of the European Com-mission and the EU-governments to the growth and employment problems in the EU. These guidelines have been the EU-economic policy concept for ten years now, but this concept has not been able to generate sustained...

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Macroeconomic Policies of the Economic and Monetary Union: Theorectical Underpinnings and Challenges

Arestis, Philip; Sawyer, Malcolm - EconWPA - 2003

decipher the type of economic analysis and macroeconomic policies of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) theoretical and … the EMU macroeconomic policies lie in their potential to achieve full employment and low inflation in the euro area. We … conclude that the institutional and policy arrangements surrounding the EMU and the euro are neither adequate for dealing with …

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Is Europe Doomed to Stagnation? An Analysis of the Current Crisis and Recommendations for Reforming Macroeconomic Policymaking in Euroland

Bibow, Joerg - EconWPA - 2003

This paper challenges the view that external shocks caused Euroland's 2001 slowdown and subsequent stagnation. Instead, the design of Euroland's macro policymaking arrangements is found lacking in looking after sufficient domestic demand growth. In the event the ECB has failed on its...

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EXCHANGE RATE AND INFLATION TARGETING IN MOROCCO AND TUNISIA

Nathalie, Grand; Vincent, Dropsy - EconWPA - 2005

Morocco and Tunisia have started to open their markets to international trade and capital flows in order to bolster investment and growth. These liberalization programs require important adjustments in their economic policies, in particular their exchange rate regimes and monetary policies. This...

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Leading Indicators of Euroland Business Cycles

Fritsche, Ulrich; Marklein, Felix - EconWPA - 2001

The introduction of a common monetary policy in eleven European countries increased the need for leading indicators for that area. A reliable leading indicator should possess the following properties: (1) The movements in the indicator series should resemble those in the business cycle reference...

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From Hard Currency Policy to Monetary Union

Handler, Heinz - EconWPA - 2004

changeover in 1999 to EMU and its implications for Austria's economic policy strategy are evaluated. With regard to the critique … that the ECB had no other choice given the credibility gap at the start of EMU and the economic circumstances of the time …

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The role of national central banks within the European System of Central Banks: The example of De Nederlandsche Bank

Wellink, Nout; Chapple, Bryan; Maier, Philipp - EconWPA - 2002

This paper considers the position of national central banks within the ESCB. The funda-mental framework underlying the ESCB is that of a system of central banks in which component institutions are individually and collectively responsible for carrying out vari-ous tasks. Within this framework,...

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Purchasing power parity: an empirical study of three EMU countries

Duarte, António Portugal - EconWPA - 2005

We apply Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) theory to the analysis of long- run equilibrium in the foreign exchange market. We study the case of Portugal vis-à-vis Germany and Spain, and the case of Spain vis-à-vis Germany, in the period 1960-1990. The empirical analysis was based on unit-root...

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Staying Together or Breaking Apart: Policy-Makers’ Endogenous Coalitions Formation in the European Economic and Monetary Union

Bartolomeo, Giovanni Di; Engwerda, Jacob; Plasmans, Joseph - EconWPA - 2003

In this paper, we analyze coordination of macroeconomic stabilization policies within the EMU by focusing, in a dynamic …

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