Currency Substitution in Anticipation of EU Accession

Hans Genberg

No 08-2002, IHEID Working Papers from Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

Abstract: Countries in Eastern and Central Europe that are likely to join the European Union will eventually also join the European Monetary Union. The process of accession will entail a transition period at the end of which it is certain that the domestic currency will be replaced by the Euro. This paper argues that this programmed demise of the domestic currency may bring about significant spontaneous euroization already during the transition period. If the euro is adopted by the private sector in anticipation of the official changeover, the country incurs a resource cost in the form of lost seignorage. Compared to the initial members of the EMU that could print Euros equal to the outstanding monetary base, a country where euroization takes place before the entry into the EMU will use real resources to obtain the Euros. The paper proposes ways to deal with this difference in treatment.

Keywords: International Economics; Exchange Rates; Euro; Seignorage; Currency Union; Monetary Union; Enlargement. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 2002-05
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