{"product_id":"policy-issues-in-the-operation-of-currency-unions-hardback-9780521434553","title":"Policy Issues in the Operation of Currency Unions (Hardback) 9780521434553","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolicy Issues in the Operation of Currency Unions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn overview and the latest research on single currency areas in Europe, the US, and the former USSR.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul R. Masson (Edited by), Mark P. Taylor (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521434553, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 September 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  65 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides an overview as well as the latest research on currency unions - geographical areas throughout which a single currency circulates as the medium of exchange. The issues discussed are central to debates on economic and monetary union in Europe, and the future of Eastern Europe. In addition to a specially written survey chapter by the editors, it contains previously unpublished contributions by leading researchers in the field, discussing real and potential currency unions in the United States, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Africa.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Assessing the Literature: 1. Currency unions: a survey of the issues Paul R. Masson and Mark P. Taylor\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Existing Currency Unions: 2. Costs and benefits of economic and monetary union David Gros\u003cbr\u003e 3. Private capital markets and adjustment in a currency union Andrew Atkeson and Tamim Bayoumi\u003cbr\u003e 4. The economics of the CFA franc zone James M. Boughton\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Is Europe an Optimum Currency Area?: 5. Is Europe an optimum currency area? Paul de Grawe and Wim Vanhaverbeke\u003cbr\u003e 6. Labor markets and European monetary unification Barry Eichengreen\u003cbr\u003e 7. European excess stock returns and capital market integration Patricia Fraser and Ronald MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. EMU: The Road From Maastricht: 8. The European system of central banks after Maastricht Charles A. E. Goodhart\u003cbr\u003e 9. A European money demand function Michael J. Artis, Robin C. Bladen-Hovell and Wenda Zhang\u003cbr\u003e 10. Monetary union and fiscal union Jürgen von Hagen\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Macroeconomics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Macroeconomics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Macroeconomics%20%5BKCB%5D%22\"\u003eKCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007293968664,"sku":"9780521434553","price":49.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521434553i_9d0615f4-6c65-4ce6-aff4-b84599b153e8.jpg?v=1691381804","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/policy-issues-in-the-operation-of-currency-unions-hardback-9780521434553","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}