Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface xi
5. List of Abbreviations xv
6. 1. Incomplete Monetary Union and Europe’s Current Crisis 1
7. 2. From Order to Disorder: How Monetary Union Changed National Labor Markets 26
8. 3. Monetary Regimes, Wage Bargaining, and the Current Account Crisis in the EMU South: Empirical Evidence 54
9. 4. National Central Banks and Inflation Convergence: Danish and Dutch Corporatism Inside and Outside of Monetary Union 78
10. 5. Strength in Rigidity: Public Sector Employment Reform and Wage Suppression in Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy 110
11. 6. Sheltered Sector Dominance under a Common Currency: Irrational Exuberance in Ireland and Fragmentation in Spain 137
12. 7. EMU, the Politics of Wage Inflation, and Crisis: Implications for Current Debates and Policy 163
13. Appendix I. Exposed and Sheltered Sectors and the Meaning of Wage Moderation 183
14. Appendix II. Variable Measurement and Data Sources 187
15. Notes 191
16. References 201
17. Index 217