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Panoeconomicus
2011, vol. 58, br. 5, str. 605-629
The euro area ten years after its creation: (Divergent) competitiveness and the optimum currency area theory
(naslov ne postoji na srpskom)
Rebelo João Barbosaa, Alves Henrique Ruib
aFaculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
bCEF.UP and NIFIP, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

e-adresa: joaorebelobarbosa@gmail.com, rhalves@fep.up.pt
Ključne reči: optimum currency area; euro area; economic and monetary union(EMU); competitiveness
Sažetak
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As the euro is on its second decade, the European sovereign debt crisis and the ever more evident disparities in competitiveness among member states are prompting many to question whether monetary union is bringing more benefits than costs. The optimum currency area (OCA) theory provides a framework with several criteria for such analysis. In such context, we start by a descriptive analysis of the first twelve euro countries under six criteria, leading to a mixed conclusion on whether the EMU is closer or farther to fulfill them. Then we assess the impact of five OCA criteria on countries' relative competitiveness. Differences in the growth of unit labour costs, the dissimilarity of trade and the differences in output growth were found to be the most significant. This way, we identify some causes of the divergent competitiveness between some EMU countries that contributed to weaker economic growth in some of them.
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DOI: 10.2298/PAN1105605R
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