Overview

Written prior to adoption of the Euro, this volume explores the likely impact of monetary union. Some of the best European and American economists use available theories and data, including historical evidence, to look at the operation of monetary and fiscal policy, at the effects of shocks and at the international role of the euro. This book serves as the reference for understanding the early challenges of EMU. Includes the views of top economists from Europe and around the world. Presents vital information in a non-technical language. Contains penetrating discussions by a distinguished panel of experts.

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Author:   David Begg ,  Juergen Von Hagen ,  Charles Wyplosz ,  Klaus Zimmermann
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Blackwell Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780631209973

ISBN 10:   0631209972
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   15 April 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction. Part I: Immediate challenges for the European Central Bank: Rudi Dornbusch, Carlo Favero and Francesco Giavazzi:. Discussants: Hans Genberg and Andrew K. Rose. Panel Discussion. Part II: The Stability Pact: More than a Minor Nuisance?: Barry Eichengreen and Charles Wyplosz:. Discussants: Charles Bean and Stefan Gerlach. Panel Discussion. Part III: Stability without a Pact? Lessons from the European Gold standard, 1880-1914: Marc Flandreau, Jacques Le Cacheux and Frédéric Zumer:. Discussants: Rudi Dornbusch and Patrick Honohan. Panel Discussion and Appendices. Part IV: Does EMU Need a Fiscal Federation?: Antonio Fatés:. Discussants: Torben M. Andersen and Phillipe Martin. Panel Discussion and Appendix:. Part V: Regional Non-adjustment and Fiscal Policy: Maurice Obstfeld and Giovanni Peri. Discussants: Olivier Jean Blanchard and Antonio Fat´s. Panel Discussion and Appendix. Part VI: Blessing or curse? Foreign and underground demand for euro notes: Kenneth Rogoff:. Discussants: Francesco Giavazzi and Freidrich Schneider. Panel Discussion and Appendix. Part VII: The Emergence of the Euro as an International Currency: Richard Portes and Hélène Rey:. Discussants: Paul De Grauwe and Seppo Honkapohja. Panel Discussion and appendix.

Reviews

This major work ... brings together seven very high level contributions, considering different aspects of the situation which could prevail after the advent of the single European currency, and provided a basis for the work of the famous economists who took part last October in the 26th Economic Policy Panel in Bonn. A remarkable work from start to finish. Michel Theys, Bulletin Quotidien Europe

This major work ... brings together seven very high level contributions, considering different aspects of the situation which could prevail after the advent of the single European currency, and provided a basis for the work of the famous economists who took part last October in the 26th Economic Policy Panel in Bonn. A remarkable work from start to finish. Michel Theys, Bulletin Quotidien Europe

Author Information

David Begg is Professor of Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics and Transition Economics research programmes. He is a recognized authority on monetary, fiscal and exchange-rate issues; has written extensively on the EMS and EMU, and undertook a major study for the IMF on monetary and exchange-rate policies in economies in transition. He has also served as an Adviser to the European Commission, the Bank of England, HM Treasury, and to Committees of the House of Lords and House of Commons. He contributes regularly to the annual CEPR Report Monitoring European Integration, most recently the 1997 Report EMU: Getting the End-game Right. Jurgen Von Hagen was Assistant and Associate Professor of Business Economics at Indiana University between 1987-92, and Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim between 1992-6. He has been Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for European Integration Studies at the University of Bonn since 1996. He was the first winner of the Gossen Prize of the Verein fur Sozialpolitik - the German Economic Association - in 1997. He has published more than 40 articles in international, refereed academic journals and over 60 contributions to non-refereed journals and books. He is Co-Editor of Open Economics Review and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of International Finance and Economics and the European Economic Review. His consulting activities include positions at the IMF, the European Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Interamerican Bank. Charles Wyplosz is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, and a Research Fellow in CEPR's International Macroeconomics and Transition Economics research programmes. He has published widely on exchange rates, macroeconomic policy and labor markets. He serves on the Scientific Councils of NIESR in London, EPRU at the University of Copenhagen, and CES, University of Munich. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Annales d'Economie et de Statistiques, the International Journal of Finance and Economics, Moneda y Credito and Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv. He is an adviser to the government of the Russian Federation and has been consultant to the lMF, the World Bank, the French government, the European Commission, the Harvard Institute for International Development, and the Committee for the Study of the Independence of the Bank of England. Klaus F. Zimmermann is Professor of Economics and Director of SELAPO at the University of Munich; Co-Director of CEPR's Human Resources research programme; Associate Editor of the European Economic Review, the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, and Recherches Economiques de Louvain. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics and a Council member of the European Society for Population Economics and the European Economic Association. He has published on a variety of issues surrounding population change, migration, the labour market, education, technical progress, business survey analysis and microeconometrics. As a recognized authority in these areas he has also served as a consultant to the World Bank, the European Parliament, the German Parliament and the German Federal Government.

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