THE EURO AND THE EMU: LESSONS FOR MERCOSUR

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  • Philip Arestis South Bank University
  • Fernando Ferrari-Filho Federal University of Rio Grande do Suland CNPQ
  • Luiz Fernando de Paula Federal University of Rio Grande do Suland CNPQ
  • Malcolm Sawyer University of Leeds

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https://doi.org/10.54642/rvac.v9i1.10936

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Academic debate in South America favours a MERCOSUR monetary union based on the euroand the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), and inspired by the theoFy of Optimal CurrencyArea (OCA). This paper aims to discuss whether the adoption of a single currency in the EMUmould of monetary union, is appropriate and feasible for the MERCOSUR. Three lessons arederived for MERCOSUR from the euro and the EMU experience: the adoption of the EMU modelof monetary union would imply deflationary policies; there is the dilemma of sequencing betweenpolitical union and economic integration; and the necessity of accounting seriously the concernsof the OCA literature. The paper also shows that there is no evidence that macroeconomic convergenceis evident in MERCOSUR, since the area only minimally achieved some basic criteriadefined by the OCA literature.

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Philip Arestis, South Bank University

South Bank University

Fernando Ferrari-Filho, Federal University of Rio Grande do Suland CNPQ

Federal University of Rio Grande do Suland CNPQ

Luiz Fernando de Paula, Federal University of Rio Grande do Suland CNPQ

Federal University of Rio Grande do Suland CNPQ

Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds

University of Leeds

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Arestis, P., Ferrari-Filho, F., Fernando de Paula, L., & Sawyer, M. (2016). THE EURO AND THE EMU: LESSONS FOR MERCOSUR. Revista Venezolana De Análisis De Coyuntura, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.54642/rvac.v9i1.10936

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