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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Autore principale: Thode, Eric
Altri autori: Berthold, Norbert, Fehn, Rainer
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/083
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF