Publication Date
2001
Abstract
The European Monetary Union was established in 1992 as part of an effort to bring economic integration to new levels by creating a common currency area for Europe -a monetary union that would abolish transaction costs of converting one European currency to another, and eliminating exchange rate variability and uncertainty among traders and investors. Since the formation of the European Monetary System in 1979, lowering inflation had become the main monetary policy priority. My research centers on the Phillips Curve, which implies that decreasing inflation rates would always be coupled with increasing unemployment rates. This study uses the trends of inflation and unemployment in these countries to test the validity of the Phillips Curve. Regression analysis found that inflation had a significant inverse relationship with unemployment. Further analysis found that the institutional effort towards disinflation during the implementation of the European Monetary System was a major cause of increasing unemployment in the 1980s -1990s.
Disciplines
Economics
Recommended Citation
Wen Wan '01, Yuet, "A Case of the Phillips Curve in the Formation of a Monetary Union" (2001). Honors Projects. 29.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/econ_honproj/29