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. The model captures the most salient features of Austria as a small open economy, the Euro Area (EA) and the United States …, whereas in the latter, the monetary policy of Austria is fully aligned with the European Central Bank. Main results are … that in the pre-EMU period, the EA and Austria present welfare costs close to one percent of steady-state consumption …
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. The model captures the most salient features of Austria as a small open economy, the Euro Area (EA) and the United States …, whereas in the latter, the monetary policy of Austria is fully aligned with the European Central Bank. Main results are … that in the pre-EMU period, the EA and Austria present welfare costs close to one percent of steady-state consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345435
The uncovered interest rate parity condition lies at the heart of the "impossible trinity", stating that the three objectives of fixed exchange rates, free capital flows, and independent monetary policy cannot be pursued simultaneously. We argue that although monetary unification does indeed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012851840
The uncovered interest rate parity condition lies at the heart of the "impossible trinity", stating that the three objectives of fixed exchange rates, free capital flows, and independent monetary policy cannot be pursued simultaneously. We argue that although monetary unification does indeed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926988
This paper considers the determinants of the macroeconomic costs of joining EMU for the new EU Member Sates, and compares them with those of the EMU members. Specifically, we investigate the business-cycle correlation between the candidate's economy and that of the euro area as a whole, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049118
On September 3-4, 2009 SUERF and Utrecht University School of Economicsorganized the Colloquium "The Quest for Stability" in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689943
This paper discusses desirable exchange rate regimes and how countries can shift from their current regimes to these regimes over the medium term. We demonstrate the superiority of a basket-peg regime with the basket weight rule over a floating regime with the interest rate rule or the money...
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On September 3-4, 2009, SUERF and Utrecht University School of Economics jointly organized the 28th SUERF Colloquium on "The Quest for Stability" in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The papers contained in this SUERF Study jointly published with DNB and Rabobank are based on contributions to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011706504
This paper analyzes the strategic interaction between the monetary policies of two countries, in an intertemporal general equilibrium model with nominal rigidities and imperfect competition. It offers an excursus on non-cooperative towards cooperative solutions. All the results can be read by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224287
On September 3-4, 2009 SUERF and Utrecht University School of Economicsorganized the Colloquium "The Quest for Stability" in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544608