Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/152614 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 180
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We develop a general equilibrium model of a two-region currency union. There are two types of goods: non-traded goods, and traded goods for which markets are segmented. Monetary policy is set by a central monetary authority and is non-neutral due to nominal price rigidities. Fiscal policy is determined at the regional level by each region's government. We find that productivity shock alone generate significant variation in inflation across the two countries. Government spending shocks, in contrast, do not account for a significant portion of inflation variation. Varying relative country sie, we find that smaller countries experience higher variability of their inflation differential in response to shocks to productivity growth. Moreover, we show that regional governments can suppress incipient inflation differential associated with shock to productivityt growth by letting the income tax rate respond negatively to inflation differentials.
JEL: 
E31
E32
F41
H63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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