Crisis in the European Monetary Union

Taylor & Francis

Crisis in the European Monetary UnionA Core-Periphery Perspective\nAuthor(s): Giuseppe Celi, Andrea Ginzburg, Dario Guarascio, Annamaria Simonazzi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138685833, 978-1138685833\nSynopsis\nAfter decades of economic integration and EU enlargement, the economic geography of Europe has shifted, with new peripheries emerging and the core showing signs of fragmentation. This book examines the paths of the core and peripheral countries, with a focus on their diverse productive capabilities and their interdependence.\n\nCrisis in the European Monetary Union: A Core-Periphery Perspective provides a new framework for analysing the economic crisis that has shaken the Eurozone countries. Its analysis goes beyond the short-term, to study the medium and long-term relations between core countries (particularly Germany) and Southern European peripheral countries. The authors argue that long-term sust.