TY - BOOK AU - Grauwe,Paul de TI - Economics of monetary union SN - 9780199256518 U1 - 332.45 GRA PY - 2003/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Monetary unions KW - European Union countries KW - Monetary policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index; Costs and Benefits of Monetary Union: The Costs of a Common Currency; The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas - A Critique; The Benefits of a Common Currency; Costs and Benefits Compared; Optimal Currency Areas Case Studies - Is the Enlarged European Union an Optimal Currency Area? Is Latin America an Optimal Currency Area? Monetary Union: Incomplete Monetary Unions - The European Monetary System; Dollarization; The Transition to a Monetary Union - Problems of Transition in Central Europe; Problems of Transition of the UK; The European Central Bank; Monetary Policy in Euroland; Fiscal Policies in Monetary Unions; The Euro and Financial Markets N2 - In this fifth edition Paul De Grauwe explains in a clearly written and comprehensive way all of the important political and economic issues that surround the controversy of European monetary union UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0615/2003276583-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0615/2003276583-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2003276583-b.html ER -