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Currency Areas and Voluntary Transfers
PICARD, Pierre M; Worrall, Tim
2015
 

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Keywords :
Monetary Union; Currency Areas; Fiscal Federalism; Limited Commitment; Mutual Insurance
Abstract :
[en] This paper discusses the relationship between the formation of a currency area and the use of voluntary fiscal transfers between countries. We show that there is a trade off between the benefits of flexible exchange rates and the additional risk sharing benefits of voluntary transfers that can be sustained in a currency area. We show that whether a currency area is beneficial or not will depend on the magnitude of economic parameter values. In particular, we show that in a simple two country model and for a plausible set of economic parameter values, a currency area is optimal.
Disciplines :
Economic systems & public economics
Author, co-author :
PICARD, Pierre M ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Worrall, Tim;  University of Edinburgh
Language :
English
Title :
Currency Areas and Voluntary Transfers
Publication date :
2015
Number of pages :
57
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