Nazare da Costa Cabral holds a license degree (1994), a Masters (1998), and a PhD (2007) in law, from Lisbon Law School (Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa), and she holds a license degree in economics (2015), from Nova SBE - School of Business & Economics (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). Nazare is Associate Professor in tenure, in Lisbon Law School. She also lectures in other Universities, either in Portugal or abroad. Nazare is principal researcher of the Center for European, Economic, Fiscal and Tax Law Research (CIDEFF) of Lisbon Law School (Group IV on 'Crises, Public Policies, Fiscal Policy and the Euro'). She is also a member of the Board of 'Instituto de Direito Economico, Financeiro e Fiscal' (IDEFF), of the same School, in which she also lectures. Nazare is vice-president of the journal Revista de Financas Publicas e Direito Fiscal (Public Finances and Tax Law Journal), published by IDEFF and Almedina Editors. She is also a member of the Executive and Editorial Board of the journal Concorrencia & Regulacao (Competition & Regulation), published by The Portuguese Competition Authority, IDEFF and Almedina Editors, and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Economia & Seguranca Social (Economics & Social Security), published by Diario de Bordo Editores.
Jose Renato Goncalves has PhD in Law (Law and Economics of European Monetary Union) and is Professor of law and economics at Lisbon University Law School (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa). His teaching and research activities focus on European Union and Integration Law, Economic and Financial Regulation, Development, Regional and Local Law, and Public Finance. Currently, he is member of the board of the Centre for Research in European, Economic, Financial and Tax Law (CIDEEFF), of the board of the European Institute (Instituto Europeu) and of the editorial board of the quarterly Competition and Regulation Journal(Revista de Concorrencia e Regulacao).
Nuno Cunha Rodrigues is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon. He earned his PhD in legal and economic sciences, his master's degree and completed his graduation in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon. He is also Vice-President of the European Institute and a member of the Board of the IDEFF. He was a visiting Professor at the Law School of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Salgaocar Law School (Goa - India); International Law Institute (New Delhi - India); Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo - Mozambique); Fundacao Getulio vargas (Sao Paolo - Brazil); Catholic University (Lisbon); He has published several articles and books, namely in his area of expertise which lies with EU law, Economic law, Competition Law, Public procurement and Public Finance. He joined the research group on Globalization, Economic Integration and Development: European and Lusophone Perspectives and the group on Crisis, Public Policies, Taxation Policies and the Euro as a member.
Part 1 - The Eurozone as a (non) Optimum Currency Area
1 STIGLITZ, Joseph. The fundamental flaws in the Euro Zone framework
2 BONGARDT, Annette and TORRES, Francisco. EMU as a Sustainable Currency Area
3 ROSSI, Sergio, A structural-reform proposal for a two-speed European monetary union
4 MONGELLI, Francesco Paolo, PAPADOPOULOS, Georgios, and REINHOLD, Elisa. Are Euro Area economic structures changing?
5 ANDRADE, Joao A. S., DUARTE, Adelaide P. S. and SIMOES, Marta C. N., Differences in human capital and openness to trade as barriers to growth and convergence in the EU
6 LOUCA, Francisco. Has the euro any future as part of secular stagnation?
Part 2 - A monetary union relying on fiscal policy coordination: achievements, shortcomings and future perspectives
7 SANTOS, Luis Maximo dos. The European Monetary Union: political motivation
8 MUET, Pierre-Alain. The great recession of 2012-2014: the monetary union challenged by national egoisms
9 BELKE, Ansgar. The Fiscal Compact and the Excessive Deficit Procedure - Relics of bygone times?
10 IOANNIDES, Yannis M.. A Conceptual Framework for Reforms versus Debt in the Context of a Fiscal Union within the European Monetary Union
11 CABO, Sergio Goncalves do. Public debt restructuring in a monetary union: the case of the euro area member states
Part 3 - New perspectives for macroeconomic stabilizers in the European Union
12 BREUSS, Fritz. The crisis management of the ECB
13 MENDONCA, Antonio. Unconventional monetary policy of the ECB and the international economic and financial crisis: efficiency versus exhaustion
14 CABRAL, Nazare da Costa. The Eurozone's Private and Governmental Shock Absorbers: Current Setup and Future Prospects
15 RODRIGUES, Nuno Cunha and GONCALVES, Jose Renato. The European banking union and the Economic and Monetary Union: the puzzle is yet to be completed
16 BEBLAVY, Miroslav, LENAERTS, Karolien, and MASELLI, Ilaria, The (future) European unemployment insurance and its role as an automatic stabiliser
Part 4 - A Budgetary Union as a way-out of the EMU crisis: is it possible?
17 AHMAD, Ehtisham and BROSIO, Giorgio. Achieving accountable governance and structural reforms in Europe
18 MATTHIJS, Herman, The financing of the European Union Budget
19 KOPITS, George. Toward a Closer Union: Elusive Mirage or Reality within Grasp?
20 DIAZ-ROLDAN, Carmen and BAJO-RUBIO, Oscar. The scope for a budgetary union in the European monetary union.