alternativas para acrecentar su
viabilidad
Profesor del Departamento de Administración de la UAM-A e Investigador
Nacional.
Resumen
Abstract
The European Monetary Union: Benefits, Costs and Alternatives
to Improve its Viability.
Professor of Administration Department of UAM-A and National Investigator
The objective of this paper is to carefully analyze the consequences of
the European Monetary Union (EMU) on the macroeconomic management of
participating countries. Furthermore, a detailed balance of the costs and
benefits of EMU is developed. Some of the main benefits of the EMU are: greater
price, interest rate and exchange rate stability, stronger credibility of the
monetary authority, lower transactions costs associated with trade and financial
transactions within the Euro zone, and a shield against speculative attacks.
Among the main costs of the EMU are the loss of control over monetary and
exchange rate policies, as well as further restrains upon fiscal policy.
Finally, some proposals to reduce the costs of EMU and to allow it to stimulate
trade, investment and economic growth in the common currency area are
formulated.