EMU's effect on market integration: Ben Dobbins: Log 1

Date of Search: October 30, 2009

Resources Checked: I checked online searches resources such as Lexis Nexis and Google Scholar. I also explored the Europa website. Finally, I hunted for potential resources in the library main stacks.

Search Topic: For my topic, I am researching the effects of the European Union on the integration of European markets. I searched terms such as “European Monetary Union”, Euronex, Euro adoption, and European markets.

Sources Found: I found several books in the main stacks that will be usable. My most interesting one is titled “The Economic Performance of the European Union.”¹ It is publish in 2009 to ensure that it will be able to reflect on the long-term effects of the third stage of the EMU. The chapters cover a spectrum of topics specifically the effects of Euro adoption and monetary policy integration. The diverse authorship seems respectable and are edited by European and American Scholars.

I also came across the European Central Bank website². I found it informative on two levels. First it provides educational materials and summaries of EMU actions. This offers concise explanations of different proposals. It also has a log of the actual directives of the EU and the ECB. I would like to use these as primary sources.

Through the search engines I found an array of relevant journal articles. “The Financial Market Integration of Europe”³ from an a economist at the European Central Bank and “The Euro Effect on the Integration of the European Stock Market”⁴ directly relate to my interests in how the EMU has integrated European markets.

Lastly, I will likely consult Larry Neil’s “The Economics of Europe and the European Union.”⁵ He is obviously a credible voice. The reading assignments from this book were interesting. Although the writing is fairly dense, it is chalk full of facts and historical analysis.

MLA Citation:

¹Rusek, Antonin et al. The Economic Performance of the European Union. Chippenham, Great Britain: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

²European Central Bank. The Monetary Policy of the ECB. Frankfurt, Germany: Eurpean Central Bank, 2004. 30 Oct. 2009 .

³Fratzscher, Marcel. “Financial Market Integration In Europe: on the Effects of EMU on Stock Markets.” International Journal of Finance and Economics 7. (2002): 165-193.

⁴Melle, Mónica. “The Euro Effect on the Integration of the European Stock Markets.” EFMA 2004 Basel Meetings Papers. .

⁵Neil, Larry. The Economics of Europe and the European Union. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.