Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/49922 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2004/10
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
The pending enlargement of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has brought to the fore the discussion of the voting right distribution in the European Central Bank (ECB) council. We show that, in a model where labor unions internalize the inflationary consequences of wage setting, deviating from a voting scheme based purely on economic size can be beneficial. Preliminary evidence on unemployment and voting rights in the ECB council seems broadly in line with this idea. We also point to possible policy implications for EMU enlargement and ECB restructuring.
Subjects: 
monetary policy
wage setting
European Monetary Union
European Central Bank
euro area
ECB reform
EMU enlargement
accession countries
JEL: 
D72
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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