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Title: Common Currency Areas and Currency Unions: An Analysis of the Issues

Author(s): Paul R Masson and Mark P Taylor

Publication Date: February 1992

Keyword(s): Currency Union, EMU, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy and Monetary Union

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: This paper discusses the conditions under which currency unions would be desirable and viable. We discuss and present new empirical evidence concerning the operation of existing currency unions in federal states and among regional country groupings. In particular, we examine the traditional criteria for optimal currency areas and present evidence concerning the shock-absorbing properties of federal fiscal systems and the discipline imposed on the public sector by financial markets. We also examine the implications of economic heterogeneity across a currency union, and whether or not convergence should be achieved before rather than after the union occurs. In addition, some issues relating to the possible transition towards monetary union in Europe are considered.

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Masson, P and Taylor, M. 1992. 'Common Currency Areas and Currency Unions: An Analysis of the Issues'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=617