As European integration continues, the future of EMU becomes ever more important. Can EMU help create an integrated European community, or will it prove a hindrance to the EU project? This book brings together the experts in the area to provide an...
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As European integration continues, the future of EMU becomes ever more important. Can EMU help create an integrated European community, or will it prove a hindrance to the EU project? This book brings together the experts in the area to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the issues expected to face EMU over the next few decades
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-210) and index
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1. Some Thoughts on Monetary and Political Union; 1. Introduction; 2. The many dimensions of a political union; 3 The theory of optimum currency areas and political union; 4. How does political integration affect the optimality monetary union?; 5. Asymmetric shocks and lack of political union; 6. Criticism of the traditional OCA theory; 7. Comparing the two views; 8. A preliminary evaluation; 9. The institutional weakness of the present euro-zone governance
10. Conclusion: the need for further political integration2. European Fiscal Policy Co-ordination and the Persistent Myth of Stabilization; 1. Introduction; 2. Stabilization and adjustment; 3. Fiscal stabilization; 4. International fiscal stabilization; 5. Where do we go from here?; 3. The Role of Preferences and the Sustainability of EMU; 1. Introduction; 2. Two divergent views on the means to achieve monetary integration in Europe; 3. Converging preferences on inflation and the role of monetary policy; 4. The first test to the commitment to exchange rate and price stability
5. A framework of analysis for the sustainability of EMU6. Endogenous preferences; 7. Conclusion; 4. Globalization vs. Europeanization: Assessing the Impact of EMU on Business Cycle Affiliation; 1. Introduction; 2. Is there a European business cycle?; 3. Measuring business cycle affiliations; 4. Clustering; 5. Globalization vs. Europeanization?; 6. Conclusion; 5. EMU and the Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue: Trade Interdependence between Mediterranean and Euro-area Countries; 1. Introduction; 2. Currency unions and trade integration south of the Mediterranean
3. The Barcelona Conference and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership4. A simple empirical evaluation; 5. Data; 6. Results; 7. Conclusion; Data Appendix; 6. In and Out of Monetary Unions: Lessons From, and Risks For the EMU. An Alternative Approach to Monetary Unions; 1. Introduction; 2. The evolution of the OCA theory; 3. A new conceptual scheme: the basic steps; 4. The model; 5. The model simulations: the two-speed Europe; 6. Concluding remarks: the future of EMU and the OCA theory; 7. EMU and the Quest for Competitiveness; 1. Introduction; 2. The quest for competitiveness in theory
3. Conclusion: the future of EMU. Structural reforms and the crisis of the SGP8. The Lisbon Strategy, Macroeconomic Stability and the Dilemma of Governance with Governments (Or Why Europe Is Not Becoming the World's Most Dynamic Economy); 1. Introduction; 2. Where the Lisbon Strategy is failing; 3. The flawed macroeconomic and institutional framework; 4. Conclusion; 9. Conclusion: the Future of EMU; Index
Introduction -- The many dimensions of a political union -- The theory of optimum currency areas and political union -- How does political integration affect the optimality of a monetary union? -- Asymmetric shocks and lack of political union -- Criticism of the traditional OCA-theory -- Comparing the two views -- A preliminary evaluation -- The institutional weakness of the present euro-zone governance.
