JPI Spring 2018
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As the European Union has eliminated the exchange rate factor in calculating inflation or<br />
productivity and GDP of its nations, national wage and productivity trends within monetary unions<br />
can be most easily understood in terms of Mundell’s 1961 contribution to “optimum currency area”<br />
theory. This focuses on “asymmetric shocks,” and how either market mechanisms and/or policy<br />
responses might help to rebalance off-kilter economies. 9 A relatable example is to compare France<br />
9<br />
Bibow, Jörg. “The Euro Debt Crisis and Germany’s Euro Trilemma.” SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012, doi:10.2139/ssrn.2060325.<br />
<strong>JPI</strong> Fall 2017, pg. 28