Paradigms for the Monetary Union of Europe
作者:
DANIEL GROS,
期刊:
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
(WILEY Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 27,
issue 3
页码: 219-230
ISSN:0021-9886
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-5965.1989.tb00341.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACTThe notion of a European Monetary Union can be interpreted in different ways. To most non‐economists it probably implies a single European currency and a European central bank. To economists, however, a monetary union implies only (in the words of the 1970 Werner Plan): ‘the irrevocable fixing of parities and the total liberalization of capital movements’. To others still a monetary union might be reached if there is a widely used European parallel currency. This article argues that these paradigms imply different degrees of monetary integration, and that the benefits that can be expected from a monetary union for Europe depend on the degree of monetary integration. Which paradigm should be chosen, therefore, depends on the reasons for which a monetary union for Europe is deemed desi
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