The Long Road to a European Monetary Union Contributor(s): Lieberman, Sima (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819185914 ISBN-13: 9780819185914 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $59.84 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1992 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Money & Monetary Policy - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
Dewey: 332.494 |
LCCN: 91-46961 |
Physical Information: 222 pages |
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Publisher Description: This is a thorough historical narrative of the evolution of Western European monetary policy since the end of World War II with emphasis on the analysis of European efforts to establish a monetary union for the countries of the European Common Market. The book gives to the reader an interesting insight into these efforts and carries the story to the present. Contents: Reasons for Western European Support of an International System of Fixed Exchange Rates at the End of World War II; Building a System of Multilateral International Payments; The Bretton Woods System under Stress; The Crisis of 1968 to 1971; The Collapse of the Bretton Woods System and the Foundation of the European Monetary System; European Monetary Systems; The Impact of Economic Deterioration in the EEC Since 1974, on the Process of Economic Integration; The Implications of the Single European Act; Will There Be A European Monetary Union; Bibliography; Index; Tables and Graphs. |