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Zusatztext Highly readable ... will no doubt prove useful for both specialists in the subject as well as policy-makers Informationen zum Autor Charles Wyplosz is Professor in the Department of Economics at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. Klappentext Now that EMU is here and likely to stay, the "second generation" of research is under way. This volume presents a significant sample of that research and explores questions such as: How do central bankers who used to run their own banks now melt into a single pot? Are labour markets going to shape up? Is the euro becoming a world currency? Zusammenfassung Now that EMU is here and likely to stay, the 'second generation' of research is under way. This volume presents a significant sample of that research and explores questions such as: How do central bankers who used to run their own banks now melt into a single pot? Are labour markets going to shape up? Is the euro becoming a world currency? Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction II. Impact on Europe 3: Alex Cukierman: Accountability, Credibility, Transparency and Stabilization Policy in the Eurosystem 4: Harald Uhlig: The Role of National Central Banks and of Different Policy Cultures 5: Alessandra Casella: Games Central Bankers (Could) Play: Markets versus Politics in Public Policy Decisions 6: Samuel Bentolila and Gilles Saint-Paul: Will EMU Increase Eurosclerosis? 7: Marius Brülhart: Europe's Industrial Structure and Geography 8: Harry Flam and Per Jansson: Exchange Rate Uncertainty, Trade, and Investment with and without EMU III. Impact on the Rest of the World 10: Barry Eichengreen and Donald Mathieson: The New International Monetary and Financial System 11: Benjamin Cohen: EMU and the Developing Countries 12: Patrick Honohan and Philip Lane: Will the Euro Trigger More Monetary Unions in Africa? 13: John Cuddington and Hong Liang: Will the Emergence of the Euro Affect World Commodity Prices? 14: David Begg: The Impact of EMU on European Transition Economies: Commitment, Institutional Capacity and the Monetary--Fiscal Mix IV. Conclusions ...
