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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Monetary union: A welfare based approach |
Author: | Carre, M. Collard, F. |
Citation: | European Economic Review, 2003; 47(3):521-552 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 0014-2921 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martine Carré and Fabrice Collard |
Abstract: | This article attempts to shed light on the consequences of the transition to EMU for individual welfare following specific shocks. To this end, we develop a two country intertemporal general equilibrium model that extends the Obstfeld and Rogoff (Journal of Political Economy 103 (3) (1995) 624) specification to nominal rigidities through price adjustment costs and pricing-to-market behavior. We show that, when facing a positive asymmetric permanent shock to either technology or government expenditures occurring in one country, implementing a monetary union is beneficial to the households living in this economy. Conversely, it is detrimental to foreigners. Further, a sensitivity analysis shows that if the gains/losses to implementing monetary union are qualitatively robust when facing changes in the degree of nominal rigidities and the elasticity of substitution between foreign and domestic goods, they are quite sensitive to the degree of pricing-to-market in the economy. |
Keywords: | Asymmetric shocks Flexible exchange rate Monetary union Pricing-to-market |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00170-2 |
Description (link): | http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505541/description#description |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0014-2921(01)00170-2 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Economics publications |
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