The Euroarea and the New EU Member States

2004. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-4039-1519-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 239 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Euro-Asian Studies

This collection analyses the monetary and exchange rate strategies of the EU accession countries during the EMU (pre-) accession phase and also policy questions that will appear upon Euroarea entry. Written by specialists in the field, it is a must-read for all economists with an interest in the rapidly evolving economies of the future EU member states.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Preface Foreword PART I: GENERAL POLICY ISSUES FOR THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES Introduction - Monetary Integration of Central and East European Accession Countries: The Pros and Cons of Speedy versus more Gradual Strategies; P.Backé and C.Wójcik Is Accession to EMU More Justifiable ex post than ex ante ?; J.Fidrmuc Modelling Alternative Paths to EMU for the Accession Countries; L.Vinhas de Souza and E.Ledrut Macroeconomic Adjustment in EU Accession Countries: An Analysis Using a Small Macroeconomic Model; B.van Aarle, J.Plasmans and B.Merlevede Nominal and Real Forex Regimes and EMU Accession; P.van Foreest and C.G.de Vries PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC MONETARY POLICY AND EXCHANGE RATE QUESTIONS IN THE RUN-UP TO MONETARY UNION Slovenia's Monetary and Exchange Rate Framework in the Run-up to ERM II; G.Capriolo and V.Lavrac Monetary Policy in Estonia: The Transmission Mechanism; U.Sepp, M.Randveer and R.Lättemäe Czech Monetary Policy on the Road to European (Monetary) Union; R.Matousek & A.Taci Poland's Accession to EMU - Choosing the Exchange Rate Parity; L.R.Rawdanowicz Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies in Hungary on the Way to the Euro; A.Csajbók References Index

Über Autor(innen)

PETER BACKE Economist, Central Bank of Austria
GONZALO CAPRIOLO State Undersecretary and Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance of Slovenia
ATTILA CSAJBÓK Deputy Head of the Monetary Analysis Division, Economics Department, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary)
CASPER G. DE VRIES Professor of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
JARKO FIDRMUC Economist, Central Bank of Austria
RAOUL LÄTTEMÄE Economist, Bank of Estonia
VLADMIR LAVRAC Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ELISABETH LEDRUT Economist, Central Bank of The Netherlands
ROMAN MATOUSEK Associate Lecturer, London Guildhall University
BRUNO MERLEVEDE Researcher, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
JOSEPH PLASMANS Professor, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
LUKASZ W. RAWDANOWICZ Economist, Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, Poland
MARTTI RANDVEER Head of Research Department, Bank of Estonia
URMAS SEPP formerly Head of Research Department at the Bank of Estonia from 1993 until his death in 2002
ANITA TACI Economist, Chief Economist Office, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, London
PIETER W. VAN FOREST Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
CEZARY WÓJCIK Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland