Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Stability Within a Currency Union.

We analyse the stability of countries within a monetary union in the face of asymmetric shocks, using a simple but widely applicable model. We show that members of the union may be subject to severe, and possibly unstable, cycles following asymmetric shocks if there is a significant backward looking...

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Main Authors: Kirsanova, T, Vines, D, Wren-Lewis, S
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: CEPR 2006