Grauwe, Paul de.

Economics of monetary union / Paul De Grauwe. - 7th ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. - Part One: Costs and benefits of Monetary Union. - 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. Monetary and political union. - Part Two: Monetary Union. - 6. The fragility of incomplete monetary unions. - 7. The transition to a monetary union. - 8. The European Central Bank. - 9. Monetary policy in the eurozone. - 10. Fiscal policies in monetary unions. - 11. The Euro and financial markets. - References. - Index.

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European Monetary System (Organization)


Monetary unions--European Union countries.
Monetary policy--European Union countries.

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