The Challenge of European Integration: Internal and External Problems of Trade and Money

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Introduction - the challenge of European integration, Berhanu Abegaz et al. Part l The international economy: historical perspectives and future prospects, Barry Eichengreen. Part 2 Preferential trade arrangements: preferential trade arrangemenms and the GATT - EC 1992 as rogue or role model?, Beth V. Yarbrough regional arrangements - GATT, rules and property rights, J.Michael Finger regional blocs - policy co-ordination and trade strategy, Geza Feketekuty the new regionalism and developing economies, B. Abegaz. Part 3 Monetary integration: the macroeconomics of currency zones, Morris Goldstein and Jacob A. Frenkel some often-neglected aspects of the political economy of European monetary integration, Thomas D. Willett what went wrong with the EMS and European Monetary Union, Michele Fratianni ten days that shook the EC, Richard Sweeney. Part 4 The political dimensions of European integration: the single European act, the Maastricht accord, and the emerging European polity, Philippe C. Schmitter.