Whither Coronabonds? The Past and Future of the EMU in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Inter Econ. 2020;55(3):155-159. doi: 10.1007/s10272-020-0887-z. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

Abstract

The long-term fiscal and economic damage of eurobonds in a rule-based fiscal architecture - as history corroborates - would be greater than the historical challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, unless there is a political union in Europe.