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The Enlargement of the European Union and the Redistribution of Seigniorage Wealth
Author(s) -
Feist Holger
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
kyklos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-6435
pISSN - 0023-5962
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6435.00168
Subject(s) - euros , seigniorage , european union , redistribution (election) , accession , resizing , economics , international economics , economic policy , political science , monetary economics , monetary policy , humanities , law , politics , philosophy
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. I am grateful to Mirja Bopst, Ulrich Hange, Hans‐Werner Sinn, as well as the editors of this journal and their referees for helpful comments.