This thesis investigates the cause and implications of the divergent inflationrates of the EMU-12 countries between the years 1998 and 2010. The EMUand the euro are put into a context with the classic theory of Optimum CurrencyArea, where the economic benefits and cost of joining a monetary unionis reviewed. The inflation divergence in the euro area is then described and investigated.Empirically, a Phillips Curve model is constructed in order to determineif the EMU-12 nations’ inflation rates are equally sensitive to changesin unemployment as the EMU average. This is done using a Panel Least Squareestimation for the EMU-12. Each nation is then tested separately against theEMU average. The result provides evidence that the EMU-12 nations’ inflationrates are not equally sensitive to changes in unemployment as the EMU average.The result is negative for the EMU-12 in an Optimum Currency Area context.Given the results, the EMU-12 cannot be considered to be an OptimumCurrency Area, at least not yet.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-15411 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Nilsson, Anders |
| Publisher | Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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