Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85819 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 02-077/2
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
Using a New-Keynesian framework, we investigate how far the inflationary processes in member states of EMU cause regional price levels to converge. We fail to produce hard evidence of the present existence of such an adjustment mechanism, notwithstanding that inflation in some countries tends to converge towards the euro area level. Overa11, inflation persistence has declined significantly over the years, but there are still marked differences between countries on this score. We conclude that the euro area is not an optimal currency area yet, lending support to the quest for further structura1 reforms in European labour and product markets.
Subjects: 
Inflation
EMU
monetary policy.
JEL: 
E31
F02
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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