Edited by Paul De Grauwe, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

'The selection of readings prepared by Paul De Grauwe - himself an important contributor to the theory of monetary union - is a most timely and useful tool for teachers and students.'

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Paul De GrauwePART ITHE THEORY OF OPTIMUM CURRENCY AREAS1. Robert A. Mundell (1961), ‘A Theory of Optimum Currency Areas’2. Ronald I. McKinnon (1963), ‘Optimum Currency Areas’3. Peter B. Kenen (1969), ‘The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas: An Eclectic View’4. Paul Krugman (1993), ‘Lessons of Massachusetts for EMU’5. George S. Tavlas (1993) ‘The "New" Theory of Optimum Currency Areas’6. Tamim Bayoumi (1994), ‘A Formal Model of Optimum Currency Areas’PART IIEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF OPTIMUM CURRENCY AREAS7. Tamim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen (1993), ‘Shocking Aspects of European Monetary Integration’8. Tamim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen (1997), ‘Ever Closer to Heaven? An Optimum-Currency-Area Index for European Countries’9. M.J. Artis and W. Zhang (1997), ‘International Business Cycles and the ERM: Is there a European Business Cycle?’10. Paul De Grauwe and Wim Vanhaverbeke (1993), ‘Is Europe an Optimum Currency Area?: Evidence from Regional Data’11. Jörg Decressin and Antonio Fatás (1995), ‘Regional Labour Market Dynamics in Europe’12. Charles Engel and John H. Rogers (1996), ‘How Wide is the Border?’13. Jeffrey A. Frankel and Andrew K. Rose (1998), ‘The Endogeneity of the Optimum Currency Area Criteria’PART IIIFISCAL POLICIES IN A MONETARY UNION 14. Xavier Sala-i-Martín and Jeffrey Sachs (1992), ‘Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for Europe from the United States’15. Jürgen von Hagen (1992), ‘Fiscal Arrangements in a Monetary Union. Evidence from the US’16. Willem Buiter, Giancarlo Corsetti and Nouriel Roubini (1993), ‘Excessive Deficits: Sense and Nonsense in the Treaty of Maastricht’17. Charles Wyplosz (1991), ‘Monetary Union and Fiscal Policy Discipline’18. Pierfederico Asdrubali, Bent E. Sørensen and Oved Yosha (1996), ‘Channels of Interstate Risk Sharing: United States 1963–1990’PART IVTHE CENTRAL BANK IN A MONETARY UNION19. Jakob de Haan (1997), ‘The European Central Bank: Independence, Accountability and Strategy: A Review’20. Stephen G. Cecchetti (1999), ‘Legal Structure, Financial Structure, and the Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism’21. Rudi Dornbusch, Carlo Favero and Francesco Giavazzi (1998), ‘Immediate Challenges for the European Central Bank’PART VISSUES OF TRANSITION TO MONETARY UNION22. David Begg, Francesco Giavazzi, Jürgen von Hagen and Charles Wyplosz (1997), EMU: Getting the End-game Right23. Roland Vaubel (1990), ‘Currency Competition and European Monetary Integration’24. Friedrich A. Hayek (1984), ‘The Theory of Currency Competition. I.1 The Future Unit of Value’Name Index