Real Wage Rigidities, Fiscal Policy, and the Stability of EMU in the Transition Phase /

EMU started with eleven member countries as scheduled on January 1, 1999. The paper shows that the primacy of politics over economics in this decision could have serious consequences concerning the stability of EMU in the transition phase. Speculative attacks against currencies which are in economic...

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Autor principal: Thode, Eric
Altres autors: Berthold, Norbert, Fehn, Rainer
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/083
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF