The twelfth edition of 'Economics of Monetary Union' provides a concise analysis of the theories and policies relating to monetary union. The author addresses current issues surrounding the Eurozone, including; a critical discussion of the costs and benefits of possible exits by its member...

The book covers problems relating to international macroeconomics and international finance. The first part develops new approaches to exchange rate modeling. The second part is a collection of papers on the theory and empirical analysis of monetary unions. The third part contains criticism of...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Sovereign Crisis, its Aftermath, and How Monetary Policy has Changed -- Chapter 3. The EU’s Crisis Governance vs Populism -- Chapter 4. The Fiscal and Political Implications of the ECB’s Non-Conventional Roles -- Chapter 5. The Growing Challenge of...

In light of the handover from the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to Christine Lagarde in November 2019, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the events which unfolded since the euro area sovereign debt crisis in 2010 up until today. The book focuses on the far-reaching...

Under bond-rate transmission of monetary policy, the authors show that a generalized Taylor Principle applies, in which the average anticipated path of policy responses to inflation is subject to a lower bound of unity. This result helps explain how bond rates may exhibit stable responses to...