This paper evaluates the arguments for regional monetary cooperation in East Asia. Unlike in Europe, which saw longstanding discussions on the costs and benefits of monetary unification, a proper debate is not yet underway in East Asia. Instead, the quot;classicalquot; European arguments for and...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- Part I The Forces behind Monetary Cooperation and Integration -- 2 The Instability of the International Monetary System and the Regionalization of Money -- 3 The Asian Financial Crisis -- 4 The Rise of...

The debt crisis in several member states of the euro area has raised doubts on the viability of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the future of the euro. While the launch of the euro in 1999 stirred a lot of interest in regional monetary integration and even monetary unification in...