In a growth model à la Sidrauski [1967], the connection between the growth rate of money and capital accumulation is investigated with a CES utility function. It is seen to depend on the cross derivative of the utility function ( ). The analysis provides a simple explanation of Fisher...

Is fiscal coordination a necessary complement of EMU Enlargement? Or may enlargement of the Monetary Union be an efficient substitute for fiscal coordination? In a simple monetary-fiscal policy game, Monetary Union enlargement has two opposite effects: 1) Optimal inflation is higher on average,...