Currency Unions
分析共同货币如何影响贸易、产出和消费，并从货币政策角度探讨放弃本国货币的利弊，指出最可能受益的是与一个大国贸易密切、有高通胀历史且商业周期与锚国高度相关的小型开放经济体。
Common currencies affect trading costs and, thereby, the amounts of trade, output, and consumption. From the perspective of monetary policy, the adoption of another country's currency trades off the benefits of commitment to price stability (if a committed anchor is selected) against the loss of an independent stabilization policy. We show that the type of country that has more to gain from giving up its own currency is a small open economy heavily trading with one particular large partner, with a history of high inflation and with a business cycle highly correlated with that of the potential "anchor." We also characterize the features of the optimal number of currency unions.