This book argues for a new conceptual framework that analytically distinguishes between North-South monetary co-ordination, which involves an international key currency, and South-South arrangements between economies all marked by external indebtedness and the resulting macroeconomic...

Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre -- Makroökonomische Analyse -- Probleme der Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsordnung -- Konzeptionen der Wirtschaftspolitik -- Funktionsweise von Märkten und Marktversagen -- Wettbewerbspolitik -- Wirtschaftliche Integration und Globalisierung.

A Theoretical Framework -- Specifications and Assumptions -- Underlying Equilibrium Growth Paths -- Variations in Employment -- Some Important Implications -- Exchange Rate Overshooting -- Exchange Rate Determination -- Issues Regarding Exchange Rate Determination -- Time Series Properties of...

Introduction -- The Model: Description of the Model; A Macroeconomic Model for a Monetary Union; Characterization of the Shocks.-The Model for a Small Monetary Union: Shock Multipliers; Graphical Analysis -- The Model for a Large Monetary Union: Shock Multipliers; Graphical Analysis --...

This book studies the strategic policy interactions in a monetary union. The leading protagonists are the European Central Bank and national governments. The target of the ECB is low inflation in Europe. The targets of a national government are low unemployment and a low structural deficit....

Studies the interactions between monetary and wage policies in the euro area. This book discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation. It also features numerical simulations of policy competition and numerical solutions to policy cooperation

This work examines the political economy of exchange-rate policies in the eastward expansion of the eurozone. Analysis shows that prospective members of the EMU are likely to pass on some costs of convergence to the current EMU members. The mechanism is an altered exchange-rate policy that...