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Asymmetry and Aggregation in the EU

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  • © 2011

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  1. David G. Mayes
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  2. Matti Virén
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Nature of Asymmetry

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 1-9

  3. Estimation and Aggregation Concerns

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 10-41

  4. Aggregate Supply and Demand in an Open Economy

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 42-76

  5. The Phillips Curve

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 77-114

  6. Regional and Sectoral Concerns

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 115-133

  7. Output, Unemployment and the Labour Market: The Okun Curve

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 134-157

  8. Asymmetry and the Role of the Public Sector

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 158-173

  9. Monetary Policy

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 174-203

  10. Fiscal Responses

    • David G. Mayes, Matti Virén
    Pages 204-218

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 219-238
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This book presents a clear exposition of what constitutes asymmetry in economics. It provides an empirical application of these ideas in the case of the EU. In particular, it shows how important asymmetry is for the appropriate design of policy in the Euro Area.

About the authors

DAVID G MAYES is BNZ Professor of Finance at the University of Auckland, former Advisor to the Board at the Bank of Finland and Chief Manager at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. He has published widely on economic integration and provided advice to central banks around the world.

MATTI VIREN is Professor of Economics at the University of Turku, and scientific advisor to the Bank of Finland. He has published widely on fiscal and monetary policy and has also served two years as a pre-accession advisor in the Polish Ministry of Finance.

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