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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מחבר ראשי: Thode, Eric
מחברים אחרים: Berthold, Norbert, Fehn, Rainer
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/083
גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF