The paper studies the design of optimal fiscal rules for members of a monetary union when there are privately observed shocks to countries' social cost of domestic taxation. First, I show that optimal fiscal rules prescribe policy coordination in the sense of domestic taxation efforts that are...

We analyze the gain from coordinating on inflation between currency areas. To do so, we integrate a monetary search model into open-economy macro to construct a microfoundation for exchange rates. Each currency derives a value from alleviating the difficulties in trade. With a matching process...

The need for macroprudential policy to “lean against the wind” of credit cycles at the aim of financial and hence macroeconomic stability is a common belief. Which design of macroprudential policy might attain the greatest stability for the economy is still an open debate. This paper builds...

This paper studies the design of the policy mix in a monetary union, that is, the institutional arrangement specifying the relationships between the various policymakers present in the union and the extent of their capacity of action. It is assumed that policymakers do not cooperate. Detailing...

Nominale Anker im nationalen Kontext -Nominale Anker als internationale geldpolitische Koordinationsziele -Wahl eines nominalen Ankers bei einer Europäischen Währungsunion -Wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen