1st Edition

The Political Economy of Monetary Union Towards the Euro

By Francesco Giordano, Sharda Persaud Copyright 1998
214 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

This book places the whole issue of monetary union in its wider political economic context. The authors discuss: * the effect of EMU on fiscal and monetary policies * Central bank independence * the impact of EMU on unemployment * ERM II * international perspectives. Drawing on their experience in the European financial markets, the authors use a non-technical approach to discuss these... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Monetary Union: To be or Not to be?; Chapter 3 German Unification and EMU; Chapter 4 Solving the Deficit Puzzle; Chapter 5 In Bundesbank Clothes; Chapter 6 Central Banks Get Eclectic; Chapter 7 European Unemployment; Chapter 8 German Unemployment; Chapter 9 Bubbles, Crises and Interventions; Chapter 10 Life Outside EMU; Chapter 11 The UK and EMU; Chapter 12 Italian Institutional Reforms; Chapter 13 Conclusion;

Biography

Giordano, Francesco; Persaud, Sharda