Economics · International Economics

The Optimum Currency Area Test

Apply Mundell seven OCA criteria to evaluate whether five neighbouring economies should share a currency.

15 rounds Executive English, Español

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About this simulation

Apply Mundell seven OCA criteria to evaluate whether five neighbouring economies should share a currency. Score the CRIC bloc against the Eurozone, the CFA Franc Zone and the US dollar zone, choose between forming the union now, deferring with architecture-first, or softer integration, and stress-test the call across a 15-year horizon with asymmetric commodity and financial shocks.

Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 15 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Integration Architecture (locked after Year 1)
  • Labour-Mobility Build (€M)
  • Stabilisation Fund (€M)
  • Banking-Union Build (€M)
  • Structural Reform (€M)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • CRIC Council Briefing
  • Secretariat Decisions
  • Annual History

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in International Economics.

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