Fiscal Leadership and Coordination in the EMU

Nicola Acocella (), Giovanni Di Bartolomeo () and Patrizio Tirelli

Open Economies Review, 2007, vol. 18, issue 3, 289 pages

Abstract: We analyze the role of fiscal-monetary policy interactions and fiscal coordination in EMU under the assumption of strategic wage setting in unionized labour markets. We find that production subsidies and real wage distortions are strategic complements. The literature on macroeconomic stabilisation policies and policy games usually neglects this point and reaches overoptimistic conclusions about the desirable effects of accommodating fiscal policies. Central bank preferences also affect the desirability of fiscal coordination in a monetary union. In fact, contrary to Beetsma and Bovenberg ( 1998 ), we find that fiscal coordination improves outcomes in the case of a conservative central banker, whereas it leads to worse outcomes with a populist one. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Monetary policy; Fiscal policy coordination; Labour unions; Monetary union; E52; E61; E62; E63; J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s11079-007-9038-4

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