The Euroarea and the New EU Member States

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Preface Foreword PART I: GENERAL POLICY ISSUES FOR THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES Introduction - Monetary Integration of Central and East European Accession Countries: The Pros and Cons of Speedy versus more Gradual Strategies; P.Backé and C.Wójcik Is Accession to EMU More Justifiable ex post than ex ante ?; J.Fidrmuc Modelling Alternative Paths to EMU for the Accession Countries; L.Vinhas de Souza and E.Ledrut Macroeconomic Adjustment in EU Accession Countries: An Analysis Using a Small Macroeconomic Model; B.van Aarle, J.Plasmans and B.Merlevede Nominal and Real Forex Regimes and EMU Accession; P.van Foreest and C.G.de Vries PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC MONETARY POLICY AND EXCHANGE RATE QUESTIONS IN THE RUN-UP TO MONETARY UNION Slovenia's Monetary and Exchange Rate Framework in the Run-up to ERM II; G.Capriolo and V.Lavrac Monetary Policy in Estonia: The Transmission Mechanism; U.Sepp, M.Randveer and R.Lättemäe Czech Monetary Policy on the Road to European (Monetary) Union; R.Matousek & A.Taci Poland's Accession to EMU - Choosing the Exchange Rate Parity; L.R.Rawdanowicz Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies in Hungary on the Way to the Euro; A.Csajbók References Index