Elements of the Euro Area : Integrating Financial Markets (Paperback)

Contents: Introduction, summary and some final remarks, Jesper Berg, Mauro Grande and Francesco Paolo Mongelli. Some Background Information and International Comparisons: Some international comparisons of the economic and financial structure of the Euro area, Jung-Duk Lichtenberger; A brief comparison of the Eurosystem, the US Federal Reserve system, and the Bank of Japan, Dieter Gerdesmeier, Jung-Duk Lichtenberger and Francesco Paolo Mongelli; Concepts and measures of financial integration, Annalisa Ferrando and Jukka Vesala; EU policies to support financial integration, Frank Dierick. Changes in the Financial Structure: How are Euro area financial structures changing? Angela Maddaloni and Christoffer Kok Sørensen. Elements of Integration across Financial Services and Markets: What effects is EMU having on integration of financial services? Frank Dierick and Jukka Vesala; Integration of the money market in the Euro area, Tom Bernhardsen and Steen Ejerskov; Bond and equity market integration, Lieven Baele and Annalisa Ferrando. A Case Study: the Integration of Transmission Processes: External finance premia in the Euro area: stage three of EMU versus stage two, Gabe de Bondt; Index.