The Political Economy Of European Monetary Unification

Barry Eichengreen is John L. Simpson Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Jeffry Frieden is professor of government at Harvard University. Barry Eichengreen is John L. Simpson Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Jeffry Frieden is professor of government at Harvard University.

* Preface * 1. The Political Economy of European Monetary Unification: An Analytical Introduction * Barry Eichengreen and Jeffry Frieden * 2. Making Commitments: France and Italy in the European Monetary System, 1979-1985 * Jeffry Frieden * 3. Divided Opinion, Common Currency: The Political Economy of Public Support for EMU * Matthew Gabel * 4. A Retrial in the Case Against the EMU: Local-Currency Pricing and the Choice of Exchange-Rate Regime * Charles Engel * 5. The Politics of Maastricht * Geoffrey Garrett * 6. International and Domestic Institutions in the EMU Process and Beyond * Lisa L. Martin * 7. From EMS to EMU: Are We Better off? * Paul De Grauwe, Hans Dewachter, and Yunus Aksoy * 8. Beyond EMU: The Problem Of Sustainability * Benjamin J. Cohen * Contributors * Index