Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policies and Labour Markets: Macroeconomic Policymaking in the EMU

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Three years after the birth of the European Monetary Union (EMU) economists are still divided in their assessment of the ability of its key institutions to provide macroeconomic stability and foster the reforms necessary to stimulate economic growth. In this collection, experts focus on issues of fiscal policy, monetary policy and labour markets and ask: Can the stability and growth pact provide an adequate framework for the conduct of national fiscal policies? Is the ECB reacting with competence and flexibility to a rapidly changing macroeconomic environment? How will national labour markets react to the new macroeconomic institutions and what are the structural reforms needed in labour markets? Blending empirical and theoretical data, this book offers one of the most comprehensive surveys of recent research in macroeconomic policymaking within the EMU today.

Roel Beetsma is a Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Amsterdam and a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London. Carlo Favero is Professor of Economics at the Universita Bocconi, Milan. Alessandro Missale is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Universita degli studi di Milano-Bicocca. Anton Muscatelli is the Daniel Jack Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow. Piergiovanna Natale is Professor of Economics at the Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. Patrizio Tirelli is Professor of Economics at the Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.