TY - JOUR T1 - The Effects of European Monetary Union on Macroeconomic Performance AU - Yıldırım, Durmuş Çağrı PY - 2012 DA - April JF - Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations PB - Yalova University WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-0809 SP - 26 EP - 47 VL - 11 IS - 2 LA - en AB - The purpose of this study is to show the effect of monetary union on macroeconomic performance for 24 OECD countries during the period 1988-2009. According to the findings, the European Monetary Union has a positive effect on foreign trade. On the other hand, it has a negative effect. The monetary union set up without a financial union has a negative effect on macroeconomic performance by limiting the implementations of policy makers even if it has a positive contribution on trade. Thus, monetary policy implementations not supported with financial policy have a negative effect on macroeconomic performance. KW - Monetary Union KW - European Union KW - Panel OLS KW - Gravity Model KW - Macroeconomic Performance. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/alternatives/issue//20848 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/19289 ER -