Inflation, Debt, and Default in a Monetary Union /
Depending on the preferences of the central bank, countries in a monetary union tend to accumulate less debt. This reduces the need for fiscal criteria such as debt ceilings. In a monetary union with an independent central bank and a sufficiently large number of relatively small members, investors w...
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Format: | Journal |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2000.
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Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2000/179 |
Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |