From Convergence to Crisis : : Labor Markets and the Instability of the Euro / / Alison Johnston.

What explains Eurozone member-states' divergent exposure to Europe's sovereign debt crisis? Deviating from current fiscal and financial views, From Convergence to Crisis focuses on labor markets in a narrative that distinguishes the winners from the losers in the euro crisis. Alison Johnst...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Money
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 8 tables, 15 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Incomplete Monetary Union and Europe's Current Crisis
  • 2. From Order to Disorder: How Monetary Union Changed National Labor Markets
  • 3. Monetary Regimes, Wage Bargaining, and the Current Account Crisis in the EMU South: Empirical Evidence
  • 4. National Central Banks and Inflation Convergence: Danish and Dutch Corporatism Inside and Outside of Monetary Union
  • 5. Strength in Rigidity: Public Sector Employment Reform and Wage Suppression in Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy
  • 6. Sheltered Sector Dominance under a Common Currency: Irrational Exuberance in Ireland and Fragmentation in Spain
  • 7. EMU, the Politics of Wage Inflation, and Crisis: Implications for Current Debates and Policy
  • Appendix I. Exposed and Sheltered Sectors and the Meaning of Wage Moderation
  • Appendix II. Variable Measurement and Data Sources
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index