Arbeitspapier

The eurozone: What is to be done?

We construct a macro DSGE model of the eurozone and its two main regions, the North and the South, with the aim of matching the macro facts of these economies by indirect inference and using the resulting empirically-based model to assess possible new policy regimes. The model we have found to fit the facts suggests that substantial gains in macro stability and consumer welfare are possible if the fiscal authority in each region is given the freedom to respond to its own economic situation. Further gains could come with the restoration of monetary independence to the two regions, in effect creating a second 'southern euro' bloc.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Cardiff Economics Working Papers ; No. E2021/11

Classification
Wirtschaft
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Subject
eurozone
macro stability
fiscal policy
monetary independence

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Minford, Patrick
Ou, Zhirong
Wickens, Michael R.
Zhu, Zheyi
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School
(where)
Cardiff
(when)
2021

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Minford, Patrick
  • Ou, Zhirong
  • Wickens, Michael R.
  • Zhu, Zheyi
  • Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School

Time of origin

  • 2021

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