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The Fragility of Two Monetary Regimes : The European Monetary System and the Eurozone
Ji, Yuemei - 2013
We analyze the similarities and the differences in the fragility of the European Monetary system (EMS) and the Eurozone … foreign exchange markets while in the Eurozone it was the absence of a lender of last resort in the long-term government bond … Eurozone the roles were reversed. The national central banks that became part of the Eurosystem were strengthened. This came at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072510
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Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty in the Euro Area
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2013
This paper estimates a time-varying AR-GARCH model of inflation producing measures of inflation uncertainty for the euro area, and investigates the linkages between them in a VAR framework, also allowing for the possible impact of the policy regime change associated with the start of EMU in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095747
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Hitting and Hoping? Meeting the Exchange Rate and Inflation Criteria During a Period of Nominal Convergence
Lewis, John - 2013
This paper analyses the problem faced by CEECs wishing to join the Euro who must hit both an inflation and exchange rate criterion during a period of nominal convergence. This process requires either an inflation differential, an appreciating nominal exchange rate, or a combination of the two,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754017
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The Impact of Fiscal Rules on Public Finances : Theory and Empirical Evidence for the Euro Area
Marneffe, Wim - 2011
This paper presents a review of the most significant fiscal rules policymakers can choose from. The insights from this review are then applied to the current budgetary situation of the European Union. In the European Union, the supranational Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) should provide the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131350
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Reforming an Asymmetric Union : On the Virtues of Dual Tier Capital Taxation
Haufler, Andreas - 2013
The tax competition for mobile capital, in particular the reluctance of small countries to agree on measures of tax coordination, has ongoing political and economic fallouts within Europe. We analyse the effects of introducing a two tier structure of capital taxation, where the asymmetric member...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087724
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Has the EMU Reduced Wage Growth and Unemployment? Testing a Model of Trade Union Behaviour
Mikosch, Heiner - 2013
By using a model of trade union behaviour Grüner (2010) argues that the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) led to lower wage growth and lower unemployment in participating countries. Following Grüner's model, monetary centralization lets the central bank react less flexibly to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093430
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Labor Policies and Capital Mobility in Theory and in EMU
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2014
“Race-to-the-bottom” deregulation is to be expected when markets operate across the borders of countries that independently choose and enforce labor policies. Less obviously, in pre-crisis EMU reforms of labor market policies were uneven and related to international imbalances. That pattern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048889
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Catching-Up, Inflation Differentials and Credit Booms in a Heterogeneous Monetary Union : Some Implications for Emu and New EU Member States
MacDonald, Ronald - 2013
In this paper we propose an alternative explanation for the nature, sources and consequences of inflation rate differentials in a monetary union, such as EMU. To achieve this, we build on the new neoclassical synthesis (NNS) framework, recently advanced by Goodfriend (2002) and Goodfriend and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754168
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Greece's Three-Act Tragedy : A Simple Model of Grexit vs. Staying Afloat Inside the Single Currency Area
Chen, Yu-Fu - 2016
Against the backdrop of the Greek three-act tragedy, we present a theoretical framework for studying Greece's recent debt and currency crisis. The model is built on two essential blocks: first, erratic macroeconomic policymaking in Greece is described using a stochastic regime-switching model;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999786
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Catching-Up and Inflation in Europe : Balassa-Samuelson, Engel's Law and Other Culprits
Égert, Balázs - 2013
This study analyses the impact of economic catching-up on annual inflation rates in the European Union with a special focus on the new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using an array of estimation methods, we show that the Balassa-Samuelson effect is not an important driver of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094566