Entropy analysis of monetary unions

Maria Eugénia Mata, Jose Tenreiro Machado

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Abstract

This paper is an exercise of quantitative dynamic analysis applied to bilateral relationships among partners within two monetary union case studies: the Portuguese escudo zone monetary union (EZMU) and the European euro zone monetary union (EMU). Real world data are tackled and measures that are usual in complex system analysis, such as entropy, mutual information, Canberra distance, and Jensen–Shannon divergence, are adopted. The emerging relationships are visualized by means of the multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering computational techniques. Results bring evidence on long-run stochastic dynamics that lead to asymmetric indebtedness mechanisms among the partners of a monetary union and sustainability difficulties. The consequences of unsustainability and disruption of monetary unions have high importance for the discussion on optimal currency areas from a geopolitical perspective
Original languageEnglish
Article number245
Pages (from-to)1-17
Number of pages17
JournalEntropy
Volume19
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2017

Keywords

  • dynamics
  • mathematical models
  • synchronization
  • economics
  • entropy
  • Jensen-Shannon
  • divergence
  • multidimensional scaling
  • hierarchical clustering

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