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Economics of monetary union / Paul De Grauwe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Edition: 7th edDescription: x, 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199297801
  • 0199297800
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337.1 22
LOC classification:
  • HG930.5 .G674 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
The costs of a common currency -- The theory of optimum currency areas : a critique -- The benefits of a common currency -- Costs and benefits compared -- Monetary and political union -- The fragility of incomplete monetary unions -- The transition to a monetary union -- The European Central Bank -- Monetary policy in the eurozone -- Fiscal policies in monetary unions -- The euro and financial markets.
Summary: EMU as a classic text analyzes the costs and benefits associated with having one currency as well as the practical workings and current issues involved with the euro. In the first part, the author considers the implications of joining a monetary union through an economic cost & benefit analysis. The second part looks at the reality of monetary unions by analyzing Europe's experience, how it was designed to conduct a single monetary policy.
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The costs of a common currency -- The theory of optimum currency areas : a critique -- The benefits of a common currency -- Costs and benefits compared -- Monetary and political union -- The fragility of incomplete monetary unions -- The transition to a monetary union -- The European Central Bank -- Monetary policy in the eurozone -- Fiscal policies in monetary unions -- The euro and financial markets.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

EMU as a classic text analyzes the costs and benefits associated with having one currency as well as the practical workings and current issues involved with the euro. In the first part, the author considers the implications of joining a monetary union through an economic cost & benefit analysis. The second part looks at the reality of monetary unions by analyzing Europe's experience, how it was designed to conduct a single monetary policy.

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