The Enlargement of the European Union and the Redistribution of Seigniorage Wealth

Feist, Holger (January 2001): The Enlargement of the European Union and the Redistribution of Seigniorage Wealth. Discussion Papers in Economics 2001-4

Abstract

In the course of the EU enlargement process, the participation of accession countries in the European Monetary Union might lead to a significant redistribution of seigniorage wealth if current regulations prevail. In general, accession countries will be winners from this redistribution, for example Poland with 12.9 billion euros, Romania with 9.9 billion euros or Hungary with 3.3 billion euros. Correspondingly, the current member countries of the European Union face costs of 35.3 billion euros in total, the biggest part of which has to be borne by Germany.

• Item Type: Paper (Discussion Paper)
• Keywords: European Currency Union ; Transition Economies ; European Integration ; Central Banks ; Seigniorage
• Subjects: Economics; Economics > Discussion Papers in Economics; Economics > Discussion Papers in Economics > Money; Economics > Discussion Papers in Economics > Financial Markets; Economics > Discussion Papers in Economics > International Trade
• Dewey Classification: 300 Social sciences; 300 Social sciences > 330 Wirtschaft
• Journal of Economic Literature classification: E58, F33, P33
• Language: English