In this paper, we analyze coordination of macroeconomic stabilization policies within the EMU by focusing, in a dynamic set-up, on asymmetries, externalities, and the existence of a multi-country context. We study how coalitions among fiscal and monetary authorities are formed and what are their...

Die Europäische Zentralbank ist in den vergangenen anderthalb Jahren zunehmend in die Kritik geraten, und zwar aus zwei entgegengesetzten Richtungen: Während eine Gruppe von Kritikern moniert, die EZB überschreite ihr Mandat und ginge zu hohe finanzielle Risiken ein, kritisiert die andere...

The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines contain the answers of the European Commission and the governments of the EU-member countries to the European growth and employment problems. These guidelines have been the major EU-economic policy concept for around ten years now. They can be seen as a...