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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the Euro area : how to rebalance competitiveness

Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009

Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...

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The bail-out! : positive political economics of greek-type crises in the EMU

Fahrholz, Christian; Wójcik, Cezary - 2010

The Greek bail-out was highly controversial. An oft-heard assessment is that i) the bail-out was a mistake, ii) the …-economic, game-theoretic model that helps to understand why and how the parties involved in the Greek crisis arrived at the bail … the EMU's institutional design and has played an important role in the Greek crisis. However, contrary to the existing …

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Has the euro affected the choice of invoicing currency?

Ligthart, Jenny E.; Werner, Sebastian E. V. - 2010

We present a new approach to study empirically the effect of the introduction of the euro on currency invoicing. Our approach uses a compositional multinomial logit model, in which currency choice depends on the characteristics of both the currency and the country. We use unique quarterly panel...

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The Eurozone needs exit rules

Fahrholz, Christian; Wójcik, Cezary - 2012

This paper argues that the key issue for defining and solving the Eurozone's (EZ) difficulties lies in readjusting the relationship between the centre and the periphery of the EZ. Our argument proceeds in two steps. Firstly, the basic finance problem of a centre-periphery system is captured by a...

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The enlargement of the European Union and the redistribution of seigniorage wealth

Feist, Holger - 2001

In the course of the EU enlargement process, the participation of accession countries in the European Monetary Union might lead to a significant redistribution of seigniorage wealth if current regulations prevail. In general, accession countries will be winners from this redistribution, for...

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Monetary and fiscal policy interaction in the EMU : a dynamic game approach

Aarle, Bas van; Engwerda, Jacob Christiaan; Plasmans, … - 2001

The interaction of monetary and fiscal policies is a crucial issue in a highly integrated economic area as the European Union. We argue that EMU, which introduced a common monetary policy and restrictions on fiscal policy at the national level, increases the need for macroeconomic policy...

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Fiscal divergence and current account imbalances in Europe

Schnabl, Gunther; Wollmershäuser, Timo - 2013

Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...

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Monetary policy in EMU when the transmission is asymmetric and uncertain

De Grauwe, Paul; Sénégas, Marc-Alexandre - 2003

In this paper we address the issue of how transmission uncertainty could affect the choice between a federal monetary policy based on national data and one on aggregated data.We find that the uncertainty about the transmission process increases the need to take into account information about...

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The Greek debt crisis : likely causes, mechanics and outcomes

Arghyrou, Michael Georgiou; Tsoukalas, John D. - 2010

Greek government bonds. We argue that the crisis itself and its escalating nature are very likely to be the result of: (a …) steady deterioration of Greek macroeconomic fundamentals over 2001-2009 to levels inconsistent with long-term EMU … under an implicit EMU/German guarantee of Greek fiscal liabilities, to a regime of non-credible EMU commitment without …

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Short-term and long-term growth effects of exchange rate adjustment

Kočenda, Evžen; Maurel, Mathilde; Schnabl, Gunther - 2012 - Version: 22 November 2012

The European sovereign debt crisis revived the discussion concerning the pros and cons of exchange rate adjustment in the face of asymmetric shocks. Exit from the euro area is to regain rapidly international competitiveness. Exchange rate stability with structural reforms could be beneficial for...

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