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Title

Economics of monetary union / Paul De Grauwe.

Author

Grauwe, Paul de.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.

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Description

x, 282 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"This sixth edition of Economics of Monetary Union has been thoroughly revised and updated, expanding its coverage of the key issues relating to monetary union. Clear and concise, it will fit with both undergraduate and postgraduate economics modules." "The book is student friendly and well structured with numerous exercises and examples. Part I examines the theory of optimal currency and the costs and benefits of joining a monetary union, while Part II looks at the workings of the present monetary union in Europe."--Jacket.

Subject

• European Monetary System (Organization)
• Monetary unions > European Union countries
• Monetary policy > European Union countries
• UE/CE UEM = Union économique et monétaire
• Zones monétaires
• Analyse coût-bénéfice
• Banque centrale européenne
• Politique monétaire
• Politique fiscale
• UE/CE Euro
• Doctrines économiques
• Modèles mathématiques
• UE/CE Etats membres
• Monetary policy
• Monetary unions
• Geldpolitik
• Optimales Währungsgebiet
• Währungsunion
• EMU
• Economische integratie
• European Union countries
• Europäische Union

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index.

Contents

1. The costs of a common currency -- 2. The theory of optimum currency areas : a critique -- 3. The benefits of a common currency -- 4. Costs and benefits compared -- 5. The fragility of incomplete monetary unions -- 6. The transition to a monetary union -- 7. The European Central Bank -- 8. Monetary policy in Euroland -- 9. Fiscal policies in monetary unions -- 10. The Euro and financial markets.

ISBN

• 0199277001
• 9780199277001

LCCN

• 2005014605
• 9780199277001

OCLC

• ocm60492120
• 60492120
• SCSB-1369726

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library