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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783998103321

Titolo

Monetary unions : theory, history, public choice / / edited by Forrest H. Capie and Geoffrey E. Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-42024-2

1-134-42025-0

1-280-07147-8

9786610071470

0-203-41791-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 18

Classificazione

83.44

Altri autori (Persone)

CapieForrest

WoodGeoffrey Edward

Disciplina

332.4/566

Soggetti

Monetary unions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference held at City University, London, in May 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Forrest H. Capie and Geoffrey E. Wood -- Theoretical issues pertaining to monetary unions / Bennet T. McCallum ; Comments by Peter Sinclair, Geoffrey E. Wood -- The future of EMU: what does the history of monetary unions tell us? / Michael D. Bordo and Lars Jonung ; Comments by Tim Congdon, Charles Goodhart -- How long did it take the United States to become an optimal currency area? / Hugh Rockoff ; Comments by Ronald McKinnon, Anna J. Schwartz -- The bank, the states, and the market: an Austro-Hungarian tale for Euroland, 1867-1914 / Marc Flandreau ; Comments by Luca Einaudi -- The future of the euro: a public choice perspective / Roland Vaubel ; Comments by Fabrizio Zampolli, Mark Salmon.

Sommario/riassunto

The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in which some members of the European Union have joined, has prompted much discussion of monetary union. Most of this discussion has focused on the immediate issues, such as prospects for the Euro and the possibility of expanding the Euro-zone. This book stands back and considers the relevant theory or what lessons might be drawn from other unions that have



been formed in the past as well as looking at EMU directly.