Leddin, Anthony J.

The macroeconomy of the eurozone : an Irish perspective / Anthony J. Leddin, Brendan M. Walsh. - Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2003. - xiv, 498 p. : ill., charts, tables ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to Macroeconomics 2. Introduction to the Theory of Income Determination 3. The Consumption Function and Income Determination 4. Fiscal Policy and the Business Cycle 5. Fiscal Policy in Ireland 6. Money and Banking 7. The Price Level and the Money Supply in the Long Run 8. Money and Interest Rates in a Closed Economy 9. The Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rates 10. Inflation and Interest Rates in Open Economies 11. Fixed Exchange Rate Systems: Theory and History 12. The European Monetary System: Precursor to the Euro 13. Irish Exchange Rate Policy from the Sterling Link to EMU 14. European Monetary Union 15. The European Central Bank and Economic Policy in EMU 16. Interest Rate, Exchange Rate and Fiscal Policy in the Eurozone 17. The IS-LM Model 18. The Mundell-Fleming Model 19. Hedging Against Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Risk 20. The Labour Market 21. The Phillips Curve and the Short-run Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off 22. The Labour Market and Unemployment 23. Measuring the Economy\'s Performance: Introduction to National Income Accounting 24. The Performance of the Irish Economy in the Long Run

This book is intended to provide readers with a framework to help them understand how the Irish economy functions as a member of the Eurozone.

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