From convergence to crisis : labor markets and the instability of the Euro / Alison Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Alison, 1982- author.

Series:

Cornell studies in money

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Monetary Union.

Monetary policy--European Union countries.

Monetary policy.

Financial crises.

European Union countries.

Labor market--European Union countries.

Labor market.

Financial crises--European Union countries.

Euro.

Physical Description:

xvii, 223 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.

Contents:

1. Incomplete monetary union and Europe's current crisis

2. From order to disorder : how monetary union changed national labor markets

3. Monetary regimes, wage bargaining, and the current account crisis in the EMU south : empirical evidence

4. National central banks and inflation convergence : Danish and Dutch corporation inside and outside of monetary union

5. Strength in rigidity: public sector employment reform and wage suppression in Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy

6. Sheltered sector dominance under a common currency : irrational exuberance in Ireland and fragmentation in Spain

7. EMU, the politics of wage inflation and crisis : implications for current debates and policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and index.

ISBN:

9781501702655

1501702653

OCLC:

923017641