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Is the Eurozone not a monetary union, but an extraordinary exchange rate union?

Sauer, Beate; Sell, Friedrich L. - 2013

The Target imbalances within the Eurozone can be interpreted as a sign of a missing balance of payments adjustment … mechanism for the member countries. As the Eurozone lacks a fiscal union, in economic theory it is more an exchange rate union … payments, but only one for the whole Eurozone. This paper will show why the Target System is a crucial indicator for the …

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Does the Purchase of Government Bonds by the ECB Endanger its Independence?

Sauer, Beate - 2015

Since May 2010 at the latest, the ECB has been criticized for financing government bonds – at least indirectly – and for tolerating to be put under pressure by the fiscal side. The ECB itself has justified its securities markets programme and, thus, its government bond purchases by the need...

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Numismatic and Monetary Aspects of Introducing the Uniform European Union Currency

Matic, Branko - 2008

The paper quot;Numismatic Aspects of Introducing the Uniform European Union Currencyquot; deals with a subject causing a series of reactions for several years already not only in the European Union countries but also in those nonmember ones. The planed introduction of uniform currency, due to...

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Designing New Money - The Policy Trilemma of Central Bank Digital Currency

Bjerg, Ole - 2017

The prospect of central banks issuing digital currency (CBDC) immediately raises the question of how this new form of money should co-exist and interact with existing forms of money. This paper evaluates three different scenarios for the implementation of CBDC in terms of their monetary policy...

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Who Should Make Kroner? - A Review of Danmarks Nationalbank's Analysis of CBDC

Bjerg, Ole - 2018

This paper is a review of Danmarks Nationalbank's recent analysis of the prospects of implementing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Denmark. We concur with Nationalbanken's conclusion that CBDC does not add efficiency or further functionality to existing payment solutions. We argue,...

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Breaking the Gilt Standard - The Problem of Parity in Kumhof and Noone's Design Principles for Central Bank Digital Currencies

Bjerg, Ole - 2018

This paper is a critical engagement with the four design principles for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) recently proposed by Kumhof and Noone (KN). It is argued that the implicit notion of parity underlying KN's analysis is too narrow as it is only focused on the exchange rate between CBDC...

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Croatian Monetary Strategy in the Conditions of Globalization

Matic, Branko - 2008

The author starts from the assumption that Croatia will access the European Union. Following this assumption, he analyzes the possible scenarios of Croatian monetary strategy based on the achievements of the country's monetary policy, on the degree of acceptance of the convergence criteria and...

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The ECB and the Euro : The First Five Years

Issing, Otmar - 2006

Whilst the debate on the merits of adopting the euro rage on in the UK, comparatively little attention is paid to the way in which the ECB is managing monetary policy in the euro zone. This analysis describes the success of the first five years of the euro's life. Not only has price stability...

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Digital Euro, Monetary Objects and Price Stability—a Legal Analysis

Zellweger-Gutknecht, Corinne; Geva, Benjamin; … - 2021

The Eurosystem is mandated to safeguard price stability according to Article 127 TFEU. Based on a theoretical and policy-oriented approach, this article sheds light on a second public good with enormous practical relevance both for financial markets and institutions as well as for the general...

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Quantum Money

Ledenyov, Dimitri - 2015

The quantum money (q-money) as a possible convenient, socially innovative, technologically attractive and user/issuer friendly value storing/not storing unit, mean of payment and exchange medium in the advanced financial systems of the developed states is a subject of our scientific interest in...

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