This paper provides a broad empirical examination of the major currencies' roles in international capital markets, with a special emphasis on the first year of the euro. A contribution is made as to how to measure these roles, both for international financing as well as for international...

This paper discusses the factors determining the international use of the euro, the relation of it with the ECB monetary policy and the overall use of the euro in the international monetary system since its introduction. The euro has become the second most important international currency after...