Part 1 - The Eurozone as a (non) Optimum Currency Area -- STIGLITZ, Joseph. The fundamental flaws in the Euro Zone … Euro Area economic structures changing? -- ANDRADE, João A. S., DUARTE, Adelaide P. S. and SIMÕES, Marta C. N., Differences … in human capital and openness to trade as barriers to growth and convergence in the EU -- LOUÇÃ, Francisco. Has the euro …

lost in terms of economic and social cost from 2002 to 2014 as a consequence of the super-evaluation of the Euro and the … -- PART II: Some Empirical Evidence: Why European Treaties are a Negative-sum Game -- 11. The Cost of the Super-Euro: 2002 …

in OCAs: The SGP and the EDP -- To Cope with Asymmetric Shocks in EMU: The Role of Labour Market Flexibility -- The … Concept of Labour Market Flexicurity in the Eurozone -- The Spanish Case: The Housing Market Bubble and External Disequilibria … -- The Global Crisis and Alternative Scenarios to Save the Euro: A Spanish Perspective -- Appendix: Ideology and Economics in …

1 Introduction -- 2 What Went Wrong With the Euro?.- 3 Public Debt: Introductory Remarks -- 4 Was the Eurozone an … of the Euro? -- 12 On the Destabilizing Effects of Bailouts -- 13 On Sound Money and Credit Conditions -- 14 The Case of … Problem -- 18 Can There Be Stable Currencies After the Euro? -- 19 The Gold Standard and Free Banking -- 20 An Unexpected …

-- 8. Any Future for the Euro?. … introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has had on Euro area countries. Particular attention is given to balance of … payments deficits and surpluses, and the profound difficulties of rebalancing the Euro area. Throughout the chapters, the …

of the EMU, and the costs and benefits for Sweden as well as for Britain of adopting the euro …

This sequel to the author's earlier well-received Euro On Trial, shows how European Monetary Union became a main engine …

Euro Crash diagnoses the three fatal design flaws in EMU as constructed by the Maastricht Treaty and analyses future …

Holger Markmann studies covered bonds and their market behaviour upon the announcement and implementation of outright … covered bond purchases by the eurosystem. After introducing the covered bond market, its reaction to the global financial … similar effects. However, the programs’ effectiveness relies on the market’s expectations and its prevalent health. Contents …