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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Автор: Thode, Eric
Інші автори: Berthold, Norbert, Fehn, Rainer
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/083
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF