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Optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a currency union with nontradables

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By constructing a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model, this paper verifies the necessity for an optimal monetary and fiscal policy under a currency union with non-tradable goods. An optimal monetary policy alone can maximize social welfare through stabilizing the producer price inflation and output gap in each country simultaneously when all goods are tradable. However, a solitary optimal monetary policy cannot maximize social welfare because of the Balassa-Samuelson Theorem when non-tradable goods exist. In this case, a cooperative optimal monetary and fiscal policy maximizes social welfare. Also, self-oriented fiscal authority can replicate optimal allocation similar to a cooperative setting.

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  • Eiji Okano, 2010. "Optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a currency union with nontradables," Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:macfem:v:3:y:2010:i:1:p:1-23
    DOI: 10.1080/17520840903498081
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