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Paul De Grauwe, Department of Economics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
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Costs and Benefits of Monetary Union 1: The Costs of a Common Currency 2: The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas: A Critique 3: The Benefits of a Common Currency 4: Costs and Benefits Compared 5: Optimal Currency Areas Case Studies: Is the Enlarged European Union an Optimal Currency Area? Is Latin America an Optimal Currency Area? Monetary Union 6: Incomplete Monetary Unions: The European Monetary System, Dollarization 7: The Transition to a Monetary Union: Problems of Transition in Central Europe, Problems of Transition of the UK 8: The European Central Bank 9: Monetary Policy in Euroland 10: Fiscal Policies in Monetary Unions 11: The Euro and Financial Markets