European monetary integration : past, present and future

The historical background to European monetary union, Eric J. Pentecost and Andre Van Poeck the political economy of transition to monetary union in Western Europe, Eric J. Pentecost German monetary unification and its implications for EMU, Friedrich Sell the theory of monetary union and the EMU, Anke Jacobsen and Horst Tomann monetary policy in the EMU, Hubert Kempf fiscal policy in the EMU, Frank Barry EMU and European unemployment, Andre Van Poeck and Alain Borghijs ERM-II - problems for the "outs" and their relationship with the "ins", Heather D. Gibson and Euclid Tsakalotos exchange rate strategies of new EU entrants, Jens Holscher and Lucio Vinhas de Souza.