Fiscal policy independence in a European Monetary Union

Paul Masson and Jacques Melitz

Open Economies Review, 1991, vol. 2, issue 2, 113-136

Abstract: Do plans for a monetary union in Europe call for limits on the freedom of the country members of the union to use fiscal policy? In order to provide a tentative answer, we simulate the IMF model MULTIMOD, given various shocks, in the case of a European Monetary Union consisting only of France and Germany. The results clearly indicate the possible value of allowing unfettered use of fiscal policy in both countries. The reasons lie partly in differences in the initial position of the two, partly in differences in their preferences. We also examine the change in the policy significance of the current account in the monetary union. Current account imbalances clearly cease to have the same significance in a monetary union; but they do not therefore become irrelevant. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1991

Keywords: European Monetary Union; terms of trade; current account balance; fiscal policy; Mundell-Fleming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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