Governing the euro area in good times and bad
By: Dermot Hodson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780199572502
Subjects: Economic policy; Monetary policy; Euro area
Description: This volume offers a timely analysis of economic and monetary union at a time of heightened uncertainty about the future of the Euro. It explores the evolution of Euro area governance from the launch of the Euro in 1999 to the sovereign debt crisis that struck the Euro area in 2010.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : new adventures in EU policy-making; title: Part I. New institutions. The ECB as a reluctant EU institution; title: The rise and fall of the Eurogroup; title: Part II. New instruments. Profligacy, prudence and the Stability and Growth Pact; title: Why the BEPGs failed to bite; title: Part III. New modes of diplomacy. Ensemble acting in the G20 and the IMF; title: Bilateral diplomacy in Beijing and beyond; title: Conclusion : tender union.