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budget orthodoxy. The issue at stake is not only of political economy and institutional changes in the EU. It is also of …, sustainable and inclusive recovery in Europe. The common real debt would be financed through the creation of EU Reproductive … political and fiscal union for euro area countries - and, in outer rings, of the EU, of the EEA and of potential EU members. In …
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We analyze unconditional within-country convergence from 1991 to 2009 in 21 European countries. Unlike most previous studies we focus on the heterogeneity of convergence. We find that convergence processes in currency unions are extremely heterogenous, highly discontinuous and strongly...
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flows and bank flows. Only in Latvia was there any relative wage adjustment. Intra-EU migration has increased, but is more … costly for those involved in the EU (than in the USA). Net federal financing helped Arizona and Latvia in the crisis, but not … adjustment in Arizona and Latvia. The latter reinforces the case for an EU banking union …
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The general acceleration of trade globalisation over the last decade - or a growing interdependence of economies via trade, production and financial market linkages - has engendered several macroeconomic implications for the euro area. This paper focuses on assessing the key impacts on the euro...
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We study lessons from the experience of Finland in meeting the challenges of joining the euro area at its outset and its subsequent economic success. Traditional optimum currency area theory is too limited a framework for judging the experience in qualifying and membership.Five main factors have...
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The main aim of this study is to analyze the evolution of public debts and general government deficits/surplus across European countries within and outside the monetary unification. In particular, this study compares the dynamics of public debts and general government deficits between European...
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A distinction is drawn between two notions of competitiveness. 'Essential' competitiveness focuses on the inherent developmental potential of an economy while 'apparent' competitiveness is largely determined by the exchange rate's influence on the current account. A currency union leverages...
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Despite the widespread use of the notion of a country's competitiveness in public policy discussion, there is some reluctance among academic economists in accepting the concept. The competitiveness notion can be made theoretically acceptable by distinguishing its useful integral part, which...
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