This important book discusses European integration in a global economic setting, investigating the impact of China and Russia as emerging global players in the catching-up process in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The expert contributors focus on global imbalances and accompanying policy challenges, competitiveness and trade, the sustainability of current growth strategies, and banking and financial stability in the light of the global economic and financial crisis. They provide a multi-disciplinary assessment, combining the views of high-ranking central bankers, policymakers, commercial bankers and academics, and demonstrate that a broad view of European economic integration is crucial given that spillovers and contagion were major issues of the recent economic crisis. This book will prove an illuminating read for academics, researchers, students and policymakers with an interest in international economics, money, finance and banking and European studies.
Contents: Preface Ewald Nowotny, Peter Mooslechner and Doris Ritzberger-Grunwald PART I: CESEE, CHINA AND RUSSIA - SHIFTS IN GLOBAL ACTIVITY 1. The Economic Impact of China and Russia on the Catching-up Process in CESEE Ewald Nowotny 2. Global Shifts in the Balance of Economic Activity through the Emergence of China and Russia Erkki Liikanen PART II: GLOBAL IMBALANCES AND POLICY CHALLENGES 3. The Global Outlook, a Growth Strategy for Europe, and the Role of China Min Zhu 4. China, East Asia and Global Rebalancing Menzie D. Chinn 5. External Adjustment and the Global Crisis Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti 6. Oil Exporters' Contribution to Global Imbalances Iikka Korhonen 7. German Unification and Intra-European Imbalances Gunther Schnabl and Holger Zemanek PART III: COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE 8. Why do Trade Negotiations Take so Long? Christoph Moser and Andrew K. Rose 9. Global Trade, Regional Trade and Emerging Europe Loukas Stemitsiotis and Willem J. Kooi 10. Competition in the EU-15 Market: CESEE, China and Russia Christian Schitter, Maria Silgoner, Julia Worz and Katharina Steiner 11. Opportunities and Challenges - the Impact of Chinese Competition on Hungarian Manufacturing Agnes Csermely, Peter Harasztosi and Gabor Pellenyi PART IV: ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF CURRENT GROWTH STRATEGIES 12. Economic Problems Facing the Next Russian President Sergey Aleksashenko 13. Is the Catching-up Process in Central and Eastern Europe Sustainable? Anders Aslund 14. Short-term Outlook and Long-term Convergence in China, Russia and Eastern Europe Jean-Luc Schneider 15. The Impact of China and Russia on Catching-up in South-Eastern Europe Altin Tanku 16. The Sustainability of the Catching-up Process - a Multi-dimensional Take Frank Moss PART V: BANKING AND FINANCIAL STABILITY 17. China's Shadow Banking Sector - Pillar or Threat to the System? Markus Taube 18. Banking and Financial Stability in the Light of the Crisis from the Perspective of UniCredit Gianni Franco Papa 19. Banking and Financial Stability in the Light of the Crisis Dejan Aeoskic Index