European monetary integration : past, present and future / edited by Eric J. Pentecost, André Van Poeck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pentecost, Eric J.

Poeck, André van.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary unions--European Union countries.

Monetary unions.

European Union countries.

European Monetary System (Organization).

Money--European Union countries.

Money.

European Union countries--Economic integration.

Physical Description:

xvi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2001]

Contents:

1 The historical background to European Monetary Union / Eric J. Pentecost, Andre van Poeck 1

Part I EMU: The Past, 1979-99

2 The political economy of transition to monetary union in Western Europe / Eric J. Pentecost 15

3 German monetary unification and its implications for EMU / Friedrich L. Sell 36

4 The theory of monetary union and EMU / Anke Jacobsen, Horst Tomann 67

Part II Present Issues for EMU

5 Monetary policy in EMU / Hubert Kempf 87

6 Fiscal policy in EMU / Frank Barry 119

7 EMU and European unemployment / Andre van Poeck, Alain Borghijs 131

Part III The Future: Beyond 2000

8 ERM-II: problems for the 'outs' and their relationship with the 'ins' / Heather D. Gibson, Euclid Tsakalotos 155

9 Exchange rate strategies of new EU entrants / Jens Holscher, Lucio Vinhas de Souza 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.

ISBN:

1840645792

OCLC:

46641938