Monetary union in South America : lessons from EMU / edited by Philip Arestis, Luiz Fernando de Paula.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arestis, Philip, 1941-

Paula, Luiz Fernando de, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

MERCOSUR (Organization).

Economic and Monetary Union.

Monetary unions--South America.

Monetary unions.

Monetary unions--Europe.

Europe.

South America.

Physical Description:

xii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

Part I Lessons from the Euro and EMU for MERCOSUR

1 Learning from, and about, EMU - a UK view / John S. Flemming 11

2 The euro and the EMU: lessons for MERCOSUR / Philip Arestis, Fernando Ferrari-Filho, Luiz Fernando de Paula, Malcolm Sawyer 14

Part II MERCOSUR Macroeconomic Policy Coordination

3 MERCOSUR: why does monetary union make sense in the long term? / Fabio Giambiagi 39

4 Macroeconomic coordination in MERCOSUR - a sceptical view / Arturo O'Connell 67

5 Monetary and exchange rate arrangements: a puzzle to be solved among major MERCOSUR countries / Maria L. Falcao Silva, Joaquim Pinto de Andrade, Hans-Michael Trautwein 85

6 Some issues on the financial/monetary integration of MERCOSUR / Adriana Moreira Amado, Luiz Afonso Simoens da Silva 104

Part III Exchange Rate Regimes and Monetary Dilemmas for MERCOSUR

7 Financial opening, instability and macroeconomic performance in Latin America during the 1990s: some possible perverse links / Rogerio Studart 131

8 Monetary dilemmas: Argentina in MERCOSUR / Jose Maria Fanelli, Daniel Heymann 150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843760576

OCLC:

51886495