Essays about: "Currency union"

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1. 16. Costs and benefits of using the Rand as common currency in southern Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Bettina Chlond; [2018]
   Keywords : monetary union; Rand; Common Monetary Area; South African Reserve Bank; Taylor Rule; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Do monetary unions between developing economies support sustainable economic development for the members? Previous research has only considered traditional research methods to examine costs and benefits of monetary unions in developing regions. This thesis applies new measures to determine how the operation of institutions encounters specific problems of developing economies for the case of the Common Monetary Area in southern Africa. READ MORE

3. 17. EU Membership in Times of Economic Turmoil : To what degree did EU and EMU memberships protect trade during the financial crisis of 2008?

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Frida Lagringe; Iisa Östring; [2018]
   Keywords : International Trade; Financial Crisis; European Union; European Monetary Union; Gravity Model;

   Abstract : This thesis examines whether EU and EMU memberships appeared to protect the member countries’ trade, measured in exports, during the 2008 global financial crisis. The panel data analysis is based on a country sample of 40 OECD and EU countries during the period from 2000 to 2016. READ MORE

4. 18. The Cost and Benefits of a Swedish EMU Membership : An analysis of the consequences for Sweden to had opted out of the European Monetary Union

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Rafael Foscarini; [2018]
   Keywords : Sweden; Finland; EMU; Monetary Policy; OCA;

   Abstract : The 2008/2009 world financial crisis, as well as the 2010 onwards European sovereign debt crisis, retriggered the debate on costs and benefits of a European Monetary Union membership. This thesis examines whether Sweden experienced net costs or benefits in opting out the EMU, especially in comparison to Finland due to the close link between both economies, as well as cultural and geographical similarities. READ MORE

5. 19. A Comparative Study of Unemployment in the Eurozone and non-Eurozone EU during the Financial Crisis

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Sara Vicini; Linnea Axman; [2017]
   Keywords : Unemployment Rate; OLS; Panel Data; Eurozone; European Union; Financial Crisis; Mundell´s Theory of Optimum Currency Areas; Phillips Curve;

   Abstract : This paper examines the unemployment rate in 15 Eurozone countries and 12 non-Eurozone EU countries during the timespan between 2000 and 2015. By using pooled Ordinary Least Squared regressions for panel data, we have investigated the effects of being in the Eurozone during the financial crisis of the early 21st century. READ MORE

6. 20. To what extent did Austria-Hungary experience sectoral specialization from 1867 to 1910?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Rydberg Svensson; [2017]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Abstract: Austria-Hungary was from 1867 to the beginning of the first world war, one of Europe’s largest countries and also a monetary and customs union exhibiting features common in recent debates on economic integration. The role of economic integration on growth, development and industrialisation are central themes in today’s debates. READ MORE