Edited by Mark Baimbridge, BCID, University of Bradford, UK and Philip Whyman, Department of International Business, University of Central Lancashire, UK

• Contents: Preface 1. European Economic Integration Part I: Theoretical Considerations of EMU 2. Monetary Integration: The Intellectual Pre-history 3. Policy Challenges under EMU Part II: Historical Precedents 4. Historical Experience with Monetary Unions: The Case of Scandinavia 1875–1914 5. German Monetary Union and the Lessons for EMU Part III: Policy Consequences of a Single Currency 6. Monetary Regimes, Collective Fiscal Retrenchment and the Political Economy of EMU 7. Economic and Monetary Union and the European Community Budget 8. EMU: Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges Part IV: The Impact Upon External Relations 9. The Euro and the Stabilisation of the Eastern European Economy 10. EMU and the Rest of the World: Thinking About the Effects on the Real Economy Index

Edited by Mark Baimbridge, BCID, University of Bradford, UK and Philip Whyman, Department of International Business, University of Central Lancashire, UK

• Contents: Preface 1. European Economic Integration Part I: Theoretical Considerations of EMU 2. Monetary Integration: The Intellectual Pre-history 3. Policy Challenges under EMU Part II: Historical Precedents 4. Historical Experience with Monetary Unions: The Case of Scandinavia 1875–1914 5. German Monetary Union and the Lessons for EMU Part III: Policy Consequences of a Single Currency 6. Monetary Regimes, Collective Fiscal Retrenchment and the Political Economy of EMU 7. Economic and Monetary Union and the European Community Budget 8. EMU: Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges Part IV: The Impact Upon External Relations 9. The Euro and the Stabilisation of the Eastern European Economy 10. EMU and the Rest of the World: Thinking About the Effects on the Real Economy Index