Eurowinners and Eurolosers: The distribution of seigniorage wealth in EMU

Sinn, Hans-Werner und Feist, Holger (1997): Eurowinners and Eurolosers: The distribution of seigniorage wealth in EMU. In: European Journal of Political Economy, Bd. 13, Nr. 4: S. 665-689

Abstract

The European Monetary Union (EMU) will involve socialization of the existing seigniorage wealth of the national central banks. This socialization will create windfall gains for countries with relatively low monetary bases such as France and the UK and it will be disadvantageous for countries like Germany, Austria, Spain or the Netherlands which will suffer per capita wealth losses of between 406 and 182 ecus. The paper quantifies the gains and losses in seigniorage wealth under alternative membership and bank regulation scenarios.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft ; Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Lehrstuhl für Nationalökonomie
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• Sprache: Englisch