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Whatever Happened to ‘Policy Coordination’?

In: Euroland and the World Economy

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  • James Forder

    (Balliol College)

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One often neglected aspect of the process leading to Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe is that when the European Monetary System (EMS) was created, the promotion of ‘policy coordination’ was seen as an important condition of its success. The issue of just what one means by ‘policy coordination’ might be debated, but I suggest that the relevant connotation of it at the time included demand-expanding policy and that lying in the background, were the theoretical arguments of Hamada (1974) and Hamada (1976) which formalized, amongst other things, the idea that there are circumstances where, if each country sets policy independently, deficient demand results. What distinguishes Hamada’s treatment from earlier consideration of similar issues is that his case for coordination arises from a positive sum game with a clear-cut free rider incentive — it is Hamada who gives these issues their properly ‘game theoretic’ aspect.

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  • James Forder, 2007. "Whatever Happened to ‘Policy Coordination’?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jörg Bibow & Andrea Terzi (ed.), Euroland and the World Economy, chapter 4, pages 75-90, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37755-4_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230377554_5
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