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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 1-6
  3. The EMU Project

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 7-18
  4. Currencies and Exchange-Rate Systems — A Background

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 19-39
  5. The EMU and Social Efficiency

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 41-60
  6. Macroeconomic Disturbances and Monetary Policy

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 61-86
  7. Inflation and the Credibility Problem of Monetary Policy

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 87-111
  8. Fiscal Policy and the EMU

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 113-152
  9. The Labour Market and the Monetary Union

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 153-191
  10. The EMU as a Political Project

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 193-211
  11. The EMU, Democracy, and Sweden’s International Influence

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 213-245
  12. Transition Problems

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 247-274
  13. Exchange-Rate Arrangements between Participants in the Monetary Union and Non-Participants

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 275-304
  14. Summary and Conclusions

    • Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl et al.
    Pages 305-339
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 341-365

About this book

EMU - A Swedish Perspective provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the EMU project. The main advantages and disadvantages of a single currency are evaluated. A key feature of the analysis is the attempt to integrate economic and political aspects. The book is a revised version of the report by the Swedish Government Commission on the EMU. Although the analysis focuses on the consequences for Sweden of joining versus not joining the monetary union, it is highly relevant for the discussion in all EU countries.
The book provides an in-depth analysis of how the demands on economic policy will be affected by the monetary union. Various chapters discuss monetary policy and inflation, fiscal policy, unemployment and labour markets, the transition to monetary union, and the exchange-rate arrangements between participants and non-participants. Other chapters analyse the importance of the EMU for European political integration, democratic aspects, and how membership in the monetary union will affect the possibilities for an individual member state to exert influence within the EU.
EMU - A Swedish Perspective should be of interest to professional economists and political scientists, students, and all others who want to form an opinion about the monetary union on the basis of a balanced assessment of the consequences. EMU - A Swedish Perspective provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the EMU project. The main advantages and disadvantages of a single currency are evaluated. A key feature of the analysis is the attempt to integrate economic and political aspects. The book is a revised version of the report by the Swedish Government Commission on the EMU. Although the analysis focuses on the consequences for Sweden of joining versus not joining the monetary union, it is highly relevant for the discussion in all EU countries.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: EMU — A Swedish Perspective

  • Authors: Lars Calmfors, Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Janne Haaland Matlary, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl, Christina Nordh Berntsson, Ewa Rabinowicz, Anders Vredin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6183-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9990-2Published: 31 July 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7834-1Published: 11 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6183-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 365

  • Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Economics

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