Travails of the Eurozone: Economic Policies, Economic Developments [Hardcover]

This book examines the slow growth and other problems experienced by the Eurozone in its early years, and the challenges which it now faces. The authors investigate the operation of monetary and fiscal policy in the Eurozone, the extent of structural reform and the reasons for it, and other topics.Introduction; D.Cobham Understanding the Link Between Money Growth and Inflation in the Euro area; K.Assenmacher-Wesche & S.Gerlach Monetary Policy Shifts and Inflation Dynamics; P.Surico Is European Monetary Policy Appropriate for the EMU Member Countries? A Counterfactual Analysis; B.Hayo Fiscal Policy, Labour markets, and the Difficulties of Inter-Country Adjustment within EMU; C.Allsopp & D.Vines The Economic Importance of Fiscal Rules; M.Artis & L.Onorante Has EMU had any Impact on the Degree of Wage Restraint?; A.Posen & D.Gould Structural Reforms and European Monetary Union: What Can a Panel Analysis for the World versus OECD Countries Tell Us?; A.Belke, B.Herz & L.Vogel The Euro and Financial Integration; P.Lane & S.Walti The Impact of the Euro Changeover on Inflation: Evidence from the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices; M.Ercolani & J.Dutta Issues and Problems Related to Eurozone Entry of the New Accession Countries: An Analytical Review; M.Beblavy A Portfolio Based Analysis of Movements in the Euro Dollar Rate; A.Al-Eyd, R.Barrell & D.HollandALI AL-EYD Research Officer, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), UK CHRISTOPHER ALLSOPP Reader in Economic Policy, University of Oxford, UK MICHAEL ARTIS Professor of Economics, Manchester University, UK KATRIN ASSENMACHER-WESCHE Research Department, Swiss National Bank, Switzerland RAY BARRELL Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), UK ANSGAR BELKE Professor of International Economics, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany MIROSLAV BEBLAV? State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Slovakia ATl“7