Bulletin n. 1/2012 | ||
June 2012 | ||
Beck Hanno, Prinz Aloys |
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The trilemma of a monetary union: Another impossible trinity | ||
in Intereconomics , Volume 47, Number 1 / January 2012 , 2012 , 39-43 | ||
A monetary union among autonomous countries cannot simultaneously maintain an independent monetary policy, national fiscal sovereignty and a no-bailout clause. These three features make up an impossible trinity, and attempts to preserve all three concurrently will ultimately end in failure. In order to save EMU, one of these three must be abandoned. | ||