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La justification économique de l'Union Economique et Monétaire : ex ante, ex post ou inexistante ?

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  • Emmanuelle Taugourdeau

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Caroline Vincensini

    (IDHE - Institutions et Dynamiques Historiques de l'Economie - ENS Cachan - École normale supérieure - Cachan - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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[eng] The Economic Justification of European Monetary Integration : ex ante, ex post or not at all ? . Did economic analysis justify ex ante the decision to create an European monetary union (EMU) and the way to create it ? By looking at the main theoretical contributions and at official European publications, we show that the answer is not so simple. First, economic analysis, in particular optimum currency area theory, was far from offering a complete justification of EMU. Furthermore, EMU also raises the issue of the conditions of coordination of national fiscal policies with the unique monetary policy. But the available analyses were not always relevant for the European experience. The second part shall show therefore that the historical justification of EMU and of the organisation of its policy mix rests rather on more pragmatic analyses, except for the choice of an independent central bank, justified in theory. Finally, the realisation of EMU has fostered theoretical developments in the realm of optimal currency area theory, now better able to explain the benefits of EMU, and of fiscal federalism. [fre] L’analyse économique justifiait-elle ex ante la décision de réaliser l’Union économique et monétaire européenne (UEM) et la manière de la faire ? En nous appuyant sur les grandes contributions théoriques et sur les textes officiels européens, nous montrerons que la réponse n’est pas sans équivoque. D’abord, l’analyse économique traditionnelle (théorie des zones monétaires optimales) est loin de justifier pleinement sa réalisation. Sa justification officielle repose donc sur des analyses plus pragmatiques, à l’exception de l’indépendance de la banque centrale, justifiée en théorie. Ensuite, l’UEM soulève la question de l’organisation des politiques budgétaires nationales entre elles et avec la politique monétaire unique. Or les analyses disponibles étaient d’une pertinence relative pour l’UEM, qu’il s’agisse de la théorie du fédéralisme fiscal ou de l’analyse de
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  • Emmanuelle Taugourdeau & Caroline Vincensini, 2009. "La justification économique de l'Union Economique et Monétaire : ex ante, ex post ou inexistante ?," Post-Print hal-00540998, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00540998
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    1. Christophe Blot & Jérôme Creel & Emmanuelle Faure & Paul Hubert, 2020. "Setting New Priorities for the ECB's Mandate," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03403024, HAL.
    2. Alban Mathieu, 2021. "Frankel and Rose’s Introduction to the Endogeneity of Optimality: A Model Limited to the European Monetary Experience," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 2, pages 299-314, July.
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