A Concise History of European Monetary Integration: From EPU to EMU

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• Acronyms xi
• Introduction 1
• NOTES 6
• 1 - The Background: Gold Standard and Interwar Period 7
• NOTES 14
• 2 - The Establishment of a New International Economic Order after World War II 15
• NOTE 21
• 3 - The Reconstruction of Europe 23
• NOTES 31
• 4 - The Creation of the European Communities and Their Institutions 33
• NOTES 42
• 5 - Economic and Monetary Policies in the Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community 45
• NOTE 56

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• Acronyms xi
• Introduction 1
• NOTES 6
• 1 - The Background: Gold Standard and Interwar Period 7
• NOTES 14
• 2 - The Establishment of a New International Economic Order after World War II 15
• NOTE 21
• 3 - The Reconstruction of Europe 23
• NOTES 31
• 4 - The Creation of the European Communities and Their Institutions 33
• NOTES 42
• 5 - Economic and Monetary Policies in the Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community 45
• NOTE 56
• 6 - Important Monetary Events in the European Community in the 1960s 57
• NOTES 64
• 7 - International Monetary Developments in the 1960s 67
• NOTES 81
• 8 - Striving for Better Policy Coordination in the European Community in the 1960s 83
• NOTES 94
• 9 - The 1969 Conference in The Hague and the Objective of Economic and Monetary Union 97
• NOTES 106
• 10 - The Werner Report 107
• NOTES 116
• 11 - The Breakdown of the Bretton Woods System and the "Snake" 119
• NOTES 131
• 12 - The Quest for More Policy Cooperation and a Unified Exchange Rate System in the 1970s 133
• NOTES 144
• 13 - The Creation of the European Monetary System 147
• NOTES 154
• 14 - The Objectives and Main Features of the European Monetary System 157
• NOTES 167
• 15 - Developments in the European Monetary System, 1979-90 169
• NOTES 184
• 16 - The Political Debate about the European Monetary System 187
• NOTES 197
• 17 - The Delors Report 199
• NOTES 208
• 18 - Stage One of Economic and Monetary Union and Preparations for the Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union 209
• NOTES 218
• 19 - Proposals for a Treaty on Economic and Monetary Union and the Negotiations of the Intergovernmental Conference 219
• NOTES 227
• 20 - The Maastricht Treaty 229
• NOTES 241
• 21 - The Debate about the Maastricht Treaty -- Benefits and Costs of Economic and Monetary Union 243
• NOTES 254
• 22 - The Crises of the European Monetary System in 1992 and 1993 257
• NOTES 271
• 23 - Stage Two of Economic and Monetary Union, the European Monetary Institute, and the Preparation of Stage Three 273
• NOTES 292
• 24 - Outlook 293
• Chronology 301
• Bibliography 307
• Name Index 325
• Subject Index 329
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