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CAMBRIDGE The Euro Area and the Financial Crisis 2014 Edition by Miroslav Beblavy, David Cobham, L'udovit Odor
The financial crisis of 2007-10 has presented a number of key policy challenges for those concerned with the long-term stability of the euro area. It has shown that price stability as provided by the European Central Bank is not enough to guarantee financial stability, and exposed fault lines in governance and deficiencies in the architecture of the financial supervisory and regulatory framework. This book addresses these and other issues, including why the crisis affected some countries more than others, whether the euro is still attractive for new EU states, and what policy changes and structural reforms, both macro and micro, should be undertaken to ensure its future viability. Written by a team of leading academic and central bank economists, the book also includes chapters on the cross-country incidence of the crisis, the Irish crisis and ECB monetary policy during the crisis, and studies on Spain, the Baltics, Slovakia and Slovenia. Table of contents :- List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of contributors; 1. Introduction Miroslav Beblavy, David Cobham and Ludovit Odor; 2. Towards a new architecture for financial stability in Europe Athanasios Orphanides; Part I. The Experience of the Crisis: 3. Weathering the financial storm: the importance of fundamentals and flexibility Thorvardur Tjoervi Olafsson and Thorarinn G. Petursson; 4. The Irish crisis Philip R. Lane; 5. The crisis in Spain: origins and developments Angel Gavilan, Pablo Hernandez de Cos, Juan F. Jimeno and Juan A. Rojas; 6. The financial crisis and the Baltic countries Aurelijus Dabusinskas and Martti Randveer; Part II. Accession to the Euro Area: 7. The road to euro adoption: a comparison of Slovakia and Slovenia Biswajit Banerjee, Damjan Kozamernik and Ludovit Odor; 8. Is the euro really a 'teuro'? The effects of introducing the euro on prices of everyday non-tradables in Slovakia Miroslav Beblavy; 9. The euro's contribution to economic stability in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: is euro adoption still attractive? Ewald Nowotny; 10. Is the euro still attractive for CEE countries? Zdenek Tuma and David Vavra; Part III. The Future of the Euro Area: 11. Why the current account may matter in a monetary union: lessons from the financial crisis in the euro area Francesco Giavazzi and Luigi Spaventa; 12. National fiscal rules within the EU framework Daniele Franco and Stefania Zotteri; 13. The road to better resolution: from bail-out to bail-in Thomas F. Huertas; 14. Financial stability and monetary policy: lessons from the euro area Laurent Clerc and Benoit Mojon; 15. Is there a case for price level targeting? Boris Cournede and Diego Moccero; 16. Heterogeneity in the euro area and why it matters for the future of the currency union Wendy Carlin; 17. How to regain confidence in the euro area? Vitor Gaspar; 18. How to regain confidence in the euro area Stefan Gerlach; 19. How to save the euro? Lessons from the US Jacques Melitz; Index.