European monetary union, adjustment, and exchange rate variability |
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Authors: | Luca Antonio RicciPeter Isard |
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Institution: | International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC 20431, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper uses a three-country, three-good, factor-specific model of trade with wage rigidities to investigate how European Monetary Union is likely to affect exchange rate variability. Focusing on international macroeconomic adjustment under both exogenous and optimizing monetary policies, it shows that the relative variability (against external currencies) of the euro and a basket of predecessor currencies depends on the relative sizes and specialization patterns of countries and the relative importance of different shocks. Monetary union is likely to decrease (increase) aggregate European exchange rate variability for shocks to industries in which large (small) euro area countries specialize. |
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Keywords: | F4 F31 F33 F36 |
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