Poland and the Eurozone

D. Mario Nuti, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalyVictoria Chick, University College London, UKAndy Mullineux, Bournemouth University, UKGeorge Filis, Bournemouth University, UKSteve Letza, Bournemouth University, UKHorst Tomann, University Berlin, GermanyRob Hayward, University of Brighton, UKJens Hölscher, Bournemouth University, UKKarsten Staehr, Tallinn University of Technology, EstoniaZbigniew Pola?ski, Warsaw School of Economics, PolandMa?gorzata Paw?owska, Warsaw University, PolandPrzemyslaw Zbierowski, University of Economics, Katowice, Poland

• PART I: THE EURO: GENERAL REFLECTIONS 1. Euro: The Main Problems and the Solutions; Leszek Balcerowicz 2. The Euroarea: Premature, Diminished, Divergent; Mario Nuti 3. The Euro as a Moentarist, Neoliberal Project; Victoria Chick PART II: INCOME DEVELOPMENTS 4. The Eurozone Crisis: Escaping the 'Doom Loop'; Andy Mullineux 5. Business Cycles Synchronization Between the European Monetary Union and Poland; George Filis and Steve Letza 6. External Imbalances in the European Monetary Union: The Case for Keynesian Income Policy; Horst Tomann PART III: MONETARY ASPECTS 7. UIP, the Carry Trade and Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis in the CEE and CIS; Robert Hayward and Jens H?lscher 8. The Maastricht Inflation Criterion and Entry to the Eurozone: Challenges and Options For EU Countries from Central and Eastern Europe; Karsten Staehr 9. Poland During the Crisis: A 'Green Island' Approaching the Euro Area?; Malgorzata Polanski PART IV: FIRMS' BEHAVIOUR 10. The Impact of Foreign Capital on Competition and Concentration in the Polish Banking Sector; Malgorzata Pawlowska 11. Entrepreneurship in Poland - Dynamics and Cross-Country Comparison; Przemyslaw Zbierowski