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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Главный автор: Thode, Eric
Другие авторы: Berthold, Norbert, Fehn, Rainer
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/083
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF