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Replacing the Stability and Growth Pact?

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The euro-zone division between a single, federal monetary system and separate national fiscal systems is troublesome. The attempt to deal with it via the Stability and Growth Pact has not succeeded. Any hopes that the function of stabilizing asymmetric shocks might be shifted to the federal centre have been dashed by the referendums. I argue that the main concern over the event of a failure of a nation state in the euro-area to meet its debts is the contagious effect that that would currently have on its domestic financial intermediaries. So the proper response would be to enforce significant incremental capital requirements on financial institutions' holdings of such debt. Copyright IAES 2006

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  • Charles Goodhart, 2006. "Replacing the Stability and Growth Pact?," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 34(3), pages 243-259, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:atlecj:v:34:y:2006:i:3:p:243-259
    DOI: 10.1007/s11293-006-9014-1
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    1. Charles Goodhart, 2007. "Currency Unions: Some Lessons from the Euro-Zone," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 35(1), pages 1-21, March.

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    Keywords

    stability and growth pact; asymmetric shocks; stabilization; financial crisis; capital adequacy; E63; O52;
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    JEL classification:

    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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