Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Integrated Europe

Herausgegeben von Eichengreen, Barry; Frieden, Jeffry; Hagen, Jürgen v.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, a group of distinguished economists and political scientists analyzes the political economy of European integration. The authors evaluate recent developments of the European Monetary and Fiscal Policy. They consider the current situation, and assess prospects for the future of an Integrated Europe. This book will be of great interest to observers, scholars, and students of European economic and political affairs, macroeconomic policy, institutional analysis, and comparative and international political economy. The book is unique in combining perspectives from economics and political science and provides an in-depth analysis of the new European institutions. It is published in conjunction with "Politics and Institutions in an Integrated Europe" by the same editors.

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Produktdetails

• European and Transatlantic Studies
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-79819-1
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9783642798191
• ISBN-10: 3642798195
• Artikelnr.: 36113989

Autorenporträt

Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Political Science and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written for the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other publications.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Political Economy of European Integration: Introduction.- 2 Central Bank Independence and the Short-Run Output-Inflation Trade-off in the European Community.- 3 The Sectoral Composition of Trade Unions, Corporatism, and Economic Performance.- 4 The Logic of Currency Crises.- 5 Macroeconomic and Political Determinants of Realignment Expectations: Some European Evidence.- 6 Political Biases in Fiscal Policy: Reconsidering the Case for the Maastricht Fiscal Criteria.- 7 Fiscal Convergence Criteria, Factor Mobility and Credibility in Transition to Monetary Union in Europe.- 8 Regional Wage Differentials: A Comparison of the European Union and the United States.- 9 Economic Integration and Unemployment in the EFTA Countries.- 10 European Integration and the Regionalization of World Trade and Currencies: The Economics and the Politics.- Contributors and Editors.