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Monetary Policy at the European Periphery

Greek Experience and Lessons for EU Candidates

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Authors:
  1. Iannis A. Mourmouras

    1. School of Management and CERT, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

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  2. Michael G. Arghyrou

    1. Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University, London, Uxbridge, UK

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Editors:
  1. Jürgen Hagen
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Part of the book series: European and Transatlantic Studies (EUROPEANSTUDIES)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 1-6

  3. 1999 and the European periphery

    1. The EMU INS and the EMU OUTS : Maastricht and beyond

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 7-30

    2. Greece and the European Monetary Union: a bottle half-empty or half-full ?

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 31-58

  4. An assessment of monetary strategies

    1. Monetary Developments in Greece: 1975–97

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 59-80

    2. Recent Greek Monetary Policies

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 81-112

  5. A new credible strategy

    1. From Intermediate Targets to Formal Inflation Targets in Greece

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 113-150

    2. An Independent Bank of Greece: an idea whose time has come

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 151-187

    3. Summary and Lessons for EU Candidates

      • Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou
      Pages 188-198

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 199-218
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About this book

At long last, monetary union has dawned in Europe. Eleven member states now share the common currency, forming a larger EMU than many observers, who thought that monetary union would initially be restricted to the core countries of the European Union, expected. The next item on the EMU agenda now is the question how to bring the remaining members of the European Union into the monetary union. I.A. Mourmouras and M. G. Arghyrou address this question from the perspective of Greece, and, with it, future European Union members such as Hungary and Poland. Their book presents a careful and interesting study of the Greek monetary policy experiences over the past 25 years. It demonstrates how Greece moved from an inflation­ ridden economy characterized by rigid controls of the financial sector to an economy for which an independent central bank and inflation targeting are credible options. The study is not only interesting in itself but also in that it bears important lessons for the development of monetary policy and institutions in the candidate countries of the European Union.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Management and CERT, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

    Iannis A. Mourmouras

  • Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University, London, Uxbridge, UK

    Michael G. Arghyrou

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Monetary Policy at the European Periphery

  • Book Subtitle: Greek Experience and Lessons for EU Candidates

  • Authors: Iannis A. Mourmouras, Michael G. Arghyrou

  • Editors: Jürgen Hagen

  • Series Title: European and Transatlantic Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57032-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66932-6Published: 14 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-63118-4Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57032-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-3006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 218

  • Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

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