1. Eurozone Crises -- 2. An 'Optimal' Currency Area: What Could it Mean? -- 3. Why was the EMU Established?: Different …This book takes a close look at macroeconomic imbalances within the Eurozone and explores the profound consequences the … has left a number of Eurozone countries with devastatingly high rates of unemployment. The book argues that by …

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Neoclassical and Post-Keynesian Theories of Regional Growth and Convergence …/Divergence -- 3 'Endogenous Growth Theory' and 'New Economic Geography' -- 4 Club Convergence -- 5 Empirical Measure of Regional … Convergence -- 6 EU-27 Regions: Absolute or Club Convergence? 7 'Club Convergence': Geography, Externalities and Technology -- 8 …

stabilization of the CEECs' convergence toward the EMU, and a successful eastward enlargement of the eurozone. …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 …

that continue to confront the Spanish polity under monetary integration in the pursuit of convergence towards the EU model …

Shock Propagation Mechanisms and Business Cycle Convergence -- 6 Summary and Policy Implications -- 7 Appendix -- References …

Countries -- Empirical Analysis of the Shadow Economy of the South East European Countries -- Investigating the Convergence … Convergence Controversies and the European Experience After the Recent Global Economic Crisis -- Agriculture's Role in Economic … the convergence hypothesis, agriculture and growth, Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure (PPPI), and the labour …

specialization, growth, and convergence in the context of European integration. They offer fresh theoretical and empirical evidence … on patterns of regional production structures, specialization, regional disparities, convergence and divergence processes …

Evidence on Spatial Convergence -- Labour Productivity Polarization Across Western European Regions: Threshold Effects Versus … Poland A Convergence Approach -- Spatial Distribution of Key Macroeconomic Growth Indicators in the EU-27: A Theoretical and … such other alternative factors as spatial dependence and nonlinearity in growth behaviour; c) the degree of convergence …