Poland and the Eurozone

Part I. The Euro: General Reflections

1. Euro: The Main Problems and Solutions
Leszek Balcerowicz

2. The Euro-Area: Premature, Diminished, Divergent
Mario Nuti

3. The Euro as a Monetarist, Neoliberal Project
Victoria Chick

Part II. Income Developments

4. The Eurozone Crisis: Escaping the ‘Doom Loop’
Andy Mullineux

5. Business Cycles Synchronisation between the European Monetary Union and Poland
George Filis, Steve Letza

6. External Imbalances in the European Monetary Union: The Case for Keynesian Income Policy
Horst Tomann

Part III. Monetary Aspects

7. UIP, the Carry Trade and Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis in the CEE and CIS
Robert Hayward, Jens Hölscher

8. The Maastricht Inflation Criterion and Entry to the Eurozone: Challenges and Options for EU Countries from Central and Eastern Europe
Karsten Staehr

9. Poland During the Crisis: A ‘Green Island’ Approaching the Euro Area?
Zbigniew Polanski

Part IV. Firms’ Behaviour

10. The Impact of Foreign Capital on Competition and Concentration in the Polish Banking Sector
Małgorzata Pawłowska

11. Entrepreneurship in Poland: Dynamics and Cross-Country Comparison
Przemysław Zbierowski

Nyckelord: Economics, Economic Growth, Political Economy, International Relations, International Economics, Development Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics