Journal of Economic Perspectives
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Cross of Euros
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 27,
no. 3, Summer 2013
(pp. 167–92)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
The eurozone currently confronts severe short-run macroeconomic adjustment problems and a deficient institutional architecture that has to be reformed in the longer run. Europe's efforts at economic and monetary union are historically unprecedented. However, the gold standard provides lessons regarding what will and won't work, macroeconomically and politically, in the short run, while US history provides long-run lessons regarding appropriate institutional structures. The latter also suggests that institutional reform only happens at times of great crisis, and that it cannot be taken for granted. The eurozone's leaders may therefore ultimately have to take heed of the lessons of history regarding currency union breakups.Citation
O'Rourke, Kevin H., and Alan M. Taylor. 2013. "Cross of Euros." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 27 (3): 167–92. DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.3.167Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- E42 Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems
- E44 Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- F33 International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
- F36 Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
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