Operationalizing the Theory of Optimum Currency Areas

Tamim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen

No 1484, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Recent years have seen a wave of empirical studies attempting to give empirical content to the theory of optimum currency areas as a way of marshalling evidence on the costs and benefits of EMU. This paper reviews this empirical literature, as a way of examining the success with which theory has been operationalized. We also report some new work on the impact of German unification and increasing economic integration in Europe on correlations of underlying disturbances and on geographic specialization of production. We conclude with some thoughts about directions for future research.

Keywords: Empirical Work; Optimum Currency Areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F33 F36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996-10
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