Dynamic Policy Interactions in a Monetary Union

Dynamic Policy Interactions in a Monetary Union
Title Dynamic Policy Interactions in a Monetary Union PDF eBook
Author Michael Carlberg
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 346
Release 2011-02-16
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 3642182283

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This book studies the dynamics of monetary and fiscal interactions in the Euro Area. The policy makers are the European Central Bank and national governments. The primary target of the ECB is low inflation. And the primary target of a national government is low unemployment. However, there is a short-run trade-off between low inflation and low unemployment. Here the main focus is on sequential policy decisions. Another focus is on simultaneous and independent policy decisions. And a third focus is on policy cooperation. There are demand shocks, supply shocks, and mixed shocks. There are country-specific shocks and common shocks. The key question is: Given a shock, what are the dynamic characteristics of the resulting process?

European Monetary Integration

European Monetary Integration
Title European Monetary Integration PDF eBook
Author Hans-Werner Sinn
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 206
Release 2004
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780262194990

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The contributors to this text, all economists and scholars, combine theoretical analysis and policy recommendation in their examination of the difficulties of European monetary integration.

Elusive Union

Elusive Union
Title Elusive Union PDF eBook
Author Kenneth H. F. Dyson
Publisher Longman Publishing Group
Pages 392
Release 1994
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN

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This study is concerned with the policy process by which the movement towards closer monetary integration, and the still very uncertain objective of EMU, has been shaped and guided. It asks how this process might be described, and how its emergence and development be can explained.

Managing the Sovereign-Bank Nexus

Managing the Sovereign-Bank Nexus
Title Managing the Sovereign-Bank Nexus PDF eBook
Author Mr.Giovanni Dell'Ariccia
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 54
Release 2018-09-07
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1484359623

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This paper reviews empirical and theoretical work on the links between banks and their governments (the bank-sovereign nexus). How significant is this nexus? What do we know about it? To what extent is it a source of concern? What is the role of policy intervention? The paper concludes with a review of recent policy proposals.

Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policies

Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Title Coordination of Monetary and Fiscal Policies PDF eBook
Author International Monetary Fund
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 33
Release 1998-03-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1451844239

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Recently, monetary authorities have increasingly focused on implementing policies to ensure price stability and strengthen central bank independence. Simultaneously, in the fiscal area, market development has allowed public debt managers to focus more on cost minimization. This “divorce” of monetary and debt management functions in no way lessens the need for effective coordination of monetary and fiscal policy if overall economic performance is to be optimized and maintained in the long term. This paper analyzes these issues based on a review of the relevant literature and of country experiences from an institutional and operational perspective.

European Inflation Dynamics

European Inflation Dynamics
Title European Inflation Dynamics PDF eBook
Author Jordi Galí
Publisher
Pages 50
Release 2001
Genre Economics
ISBN

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We provide evidence on the fit of the New Phillips Curve (NPQ for the Euro area over the period 1970-1998, and use it as a tool to compare the characteristics of European inflation dynamics with those observed in the U.S. We also analyze the factors underlying inflation inertia by examining the cyclical behavior of marginal costs, as well as that of its two main components, namely, labor productivity and real wages. Some of the findings can be summarized as follows: (a) the NPC fits Euro area data very well, possibly better than U.S. data, (b) the degree of price stickiness implied by the estimates is substantial, but in line with survey evidence and U.S. estimates, (c) inflation dynamics in the Euro area appear to have a stronger forward- looking component (i.e., less inertia) than in the U.S., (d) labor market frictions, as manifested in the behavior of the wage markup, appear to have played a key role in shaping the behavior of marginal costs and, consequently, inflation in Europe.

Strategic Policy Interactions in a Monetary Union

Strategic Policy Interactions in a Monetary Union
Title Strategic Policy Interactions in a Monetary Union PDF eBook
Author Michael Carlberg
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 263
Release 2009-03-10
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 3540927514

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This book studies the strategic policy interactions in a monetary union. The leading protagonists are the European Central Bank and national governments. The target of the ECB is low inflation in Europe. The targets of a national government are low unemployment and a low structural deficit. There are demand shocks, supply shocks, and mixed shocks. There are country-specific shocks and common shocks. This book develops a series of basic, intermediate, and more advanced models. Here the focus is on the Nash equilibrium. The key questions are: Given a shock, can policy interactions reduce the existing loss? And to what extent can they do so? Another topical issue is policy cooperation. To illustrate all of this there are a lot of numerical examples. The present book is part of a larger research project on European Monetary Union, see the references given at the back of the book. Some parts of this project were presented at the World Congress of the International Economic Association, at the International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis, at the International Institute of Public Finance, and at the International Atlantic Economic Conference. Other parts were presented at the Macro Study Group of the German Economic Association, at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association, at the Göttingen Workshop on International Economics, at the Halle Workshop on Monetary Economics, at the Research Seminar on Macroeconomics in Freiburg, at the Research Seminar on Economics in Kassel, and at the Passau Workshop on International Economics.