The possible participation of Finland in the Stage m of the European Monetary Union would constitute a major change in the operating environment of the Finnish economy.As a member of the common currency area, Finnish interest and exchange rates would no longer be determined by domestic monetary...

Tämän keskustelualoitteen tarkoituksena on koota ja syventää Euroopan talous- ja rahaliiton kolmannen vaiheen eduista ja haitoista pienelle avotaloudelle tehtyjä empiirisiä selvityksiä.Rahaliittoa koskevassa keskustelussa on todettu yhteisen valuutan edut suurimmiksi maille, joilla on...

This paper considers how the "true" common monetary policy that is conducted by the ECB under various sources of uncertainty will differ from the policy that was agreed in the Maastricht Treaty, and how the uncertainties may induce a representative government to criticise the common monetary...

Euroopan sisämarkkinoiden synty, sääntelyn purkaminen ja muu toteutunut kehitys ovat muodostaneet maanosan pankkitoimialalle muutospaineita, joiden purkautumista EMUn kolmannen vaiheen odotetaan nopeuttavan.Keskustelualoitteessa käydään läpi rakennemuutoksen syyt ja arvioidaan sen...

This paper presents the salient aspects of Finland's monetary and exchange rate policies during the run-up to monetary union in the 1990s.In the course of slightly more than a decade, Finland's monetary and exchange rate policies were thoroughly revamped.The remnants of heavy regulation were...

Since 1 January 1999 the ECB has conducted a single monetary policy in the euro area, but the mechanisms by which and the extent to which monetary shocks are transmitted into prices and real economic activity may vary from country to country.This paper investigates how and to what extent the...