From convergence to crisis
Subtitle: labor markets and the instability of the Euro
By: Alison Johnston
Series: Cornell studies in money; Cornell studies in money
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781501702655
Subjects: Labor market; Economic and Monetary Union; Financial crises; Monetary policy; Euro
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Incomplete monetary union and Europe's current crisis; title: From order to disorder : how monetary union changed national labor markets; title: Monetary regimes, sectoral wage relations and the current account crisis in the EMU south : empirical evidence; title: National central banks promoting inflation convergence : Danish and Dutch experiences inside and outside of the euro; title: Wage setting politics favoring exports : German, Dutch and Italian experiences under EMU; title: Wage-drift and sheltered-sector politics under a common currency : the Irish and Spanish experiences; title: EMU, the politics of wage inflation and crisis : implications for current debates and policy.