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Real and monetary policy convergence : EMU crisis to the CFA Zone

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

. We also provide the speed of convergence and time required to achieve a 100% convergence. Findings - But for financial … intermediary size within the CFA zone, findings for the most part support only unconditional convergence. There is no form of … convergence within the CEMAC zone. Practical implications - The broad insignificance of conditional convergence results have …

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Are proposed African monetary unions optimal currency areas? : real, monetary and fiscal policy convergence analysis

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

fiscal policy convergence within the proposed WAM and EAM zones. The introduction of common currencies in West and East … Africa is facing stiff challenges in the timing of monetary convergence, the imperative of central bankers to apply common … panel GMM estimation with data from different non-overlapping intervals is employed. The implied rate of convergence and the …

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Are proposed African monetary unions optimal currency areas? : real and monetary policy convergence analysis

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

policy convergence within the proposed WAM and EAM zones. The introduction of common currencies in West and East Africa is … facing stiff challenges in the timing of monetary convergence, the imperative of bankers to apply common modeling and … at macro and micro levels. Findings - Findings suggest overwhelming lack of convergence: (1) initial conditions for …

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Till labor cost do us part : on the long run convergence of EMU countries

Pancotto, Francesca; Pericoli, Filippo Maria - 2011

A sustainable long-run pattern in the relative competitiveness of euro area countries is a key factor for the survivorship of the monetary union. We analyze the issue focussing on unit labor cost dynamics using cointegration analysis for the whole economy and for the manufacturing sector...

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Potential output and fiscal rules in a monetary union under asymmetric information

Marattin, Luigi; Meraglia, Simone - 2015

We analyze fiscal rules within a Monetary Union in the presence of (i) asymmetric information about member states' potential output and, therefore, output gap and (ii) bail-out among member states. In our framework, bail-out lowers the scope for signalling (discrimination) by member states...

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Parameter heterogeneity, persistence and cross-sectional dependence : new insights on fiscal policy reaction functions for the Euro area

Golinelli, Roberto; Mammi, Irene; Musolesi, Antonio - 2018 - This version: March 31st, 2018

A number of novelties have emerged in the study of the discretionary fiscal policy within the Euro area during the last decade. Among the others, the availability of up-to-date information on fiscal indicators for the years following the Great Recession, the introduction of cutting-edge...

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Fiscal policy announcements of Italian governments and spread reaction during the sovereign debt crisis

Falagiarda, Matteo; Gregori, Wildmer Daniel - 2014

This paper attempts to evaluate the effects of fiscal policy announcements by the Italian government on the long-term sovereign bond spread of Italy relative to Germany. After collecting data on relevant fiscal policy announcements, we perform an econometric comparative analysis between the...

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The Euro-dividend : public debt and interest rates in the Monetary Union

Marattin, Luigi; Salotti, Simone - 2010

The ongoing massive fiscal policy stimulus triggered increasing concerns on the potential impact on interest rate levels, as economic theory predicts. Particularly, the deterioration of some EMU countries' fiscal positions has been putting at risk Eurozone' financial stability. In this paper, we...

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Potential output and fiscal rules in a monetary union under asymmetric information - 2nd ed

Marattin, Luigi; Meraglia, Simone - 2016 - 2nd edition

We analyze fiscal rules within a Monetary Union in the presence of (i) asymmetric information on member states' potential output and (ii) bail-out among member states. The first-best deficit is contingent on the cycle, that is, on member states' output gap. In the presence of asymmetric...

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Debt sustainability and economic convergence of euro-area Member States : challenges and solutions

Manasse, Paolo - 2015

This paper argues that fiscal convergence in the Euro area has been achieved at the expenses of real divergence in …

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