Costs and Benefits of Unilateral Euroization in Central Eastern Europe

Domenico Mario Nuti ()
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Domenico Mario Nuti: University of Rome

Chapter 23 in Collected Works of Domenico Mario Nuti, Volume II, 2023, pp 515-548 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Countries unable or unwilling to join a monetary union can replicate most membership effects unilaterally through either a currency board or the formal replacement of domestic currency by that of the Union. Potential benefits include lower transaction costs, lower interest rates, and lower exposure to speculative attacks. Costs include initial reserves, inadequate response to asymmetric shocks, loss of seigniorage, no lender of last resort. Expected costs and benefits have probably been exaggerated. Net effects depend primarily on the degree of monetary, real, and institutional convergence. Positive net advantages will accrue to countries that are either already converging, or wish to use a single currency to speed up convergence—especially if small. There is no legal or economic justification for EU aversion to unilateral euroization in accession candidate countries.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23167-4_23

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