of the euro on the international monetary system …1. Introduction -- 2. Issues facing the global economy -- 3. Internal aspects of the euro -- 4. International aspects … of the euro -- 5. Lionel Robbins lecture -- 6. The future of the EMU, the euro, and international finance -- 7. The role …

first analyse the development of the euro area from a historical perspective. They then examine the criteria for the first … been a year later. The authors go on to examine purely macroeconomic aspects of the euro area including: * the degree of … real convergence in the euro area * the short-run and long-run determinants of the euro area's current account * the euro …