Monetary Integration in Europe

1. The History of Monetary Integration in Europe
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Part I. The Functioning of the Monetary Union

2. Theory of Optimum Currency Areas
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3. The Economic and Monetary Union: Institutions and Credibility
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4. Conventional Monetary Policy of the ECB
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5. Fiscal Policy Coordination and the Stability and Growth Pact
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6. The EMU and the Wage Bargain
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Part II. Responses to the Financial Crisis

7. The ECB’s Unconventional Monetary Policy
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8. The Burden of Public Debt and the European Stability Mechanism
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9. The Banking Union and Financial Stability
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Part III. Long-term Issues

10. Real Convergence in a Monetary Union
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11. The New European Monetary System
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12. The Debate on Reform Options
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Keywords: Economics, European Integration, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Economic Systems, Political Economy/Economic Policy, Economic History