• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Monetary policy as an optimum currency area criterion
  • Contributor: Groll, Dominik [Author]
  • Published: Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), 2014
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: optimum currency area theory ; macroeconomic stabilization ; monetary union ; E52 ; welfare analysis ; F33 ; trade openness ; F41
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  • Description: Whether countries benefit from forming a monetary union depends critically on the way monetary policy is conducted. This is mainly because monetary policy determines whether and to what extent a flexible nominal exchange rate fosters or hampers macroeconomic stabilization, even if monetary policy does not target the nominal exchange rate explicitly.
  • Access State: Open Access