Is a unified macroeconomic policy necessarily better for a common currency area?

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-101

  Belke, Ansgar ^a,b   Gros, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Centre for European Policy Studies CEPS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Currency union; Fiscal policy coordination; Stabilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849155160     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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