The current state of affairs in the euro area (EA) instills hope in economic recovery but also substantial concern. The …

. Three categories of payment types (cash, electronic payment and anonymous payment schemes) are available. Germany is one of … neuen Systeme auf dem Weg, das Bargeld abzulösen. Tatsächlich gibt es aus der Wissenschaft sogar Empfehlungen, das Bargeld … zu dem Ergebnis, dass Bargeld wichtige Funktionen hat, auf die nicht so leicht verzichtet werden sollte. …

Griechenlands Zahlungsprobleme gefährden offensichtlich nicht die Stabilität der Eurozone, obwohl seine …Greece’s financial difficulties apparently do not endanger the stability of the eurozone, nor is Greek debt …

the basis of a basket consisting of the euro and the new currency. In the remaining eurozone countries, the relative … Wissenschaftler fürchten, dass in diesem Fall die Eurozone Schaden nimmt oder sogar zusammenbricht. Wie ein erfolgreicher Austritt …The exit of a member state from the eurozone is often depicted as a catastrophic event that would lead to …

European policies imposed in the euro crisis have disabled democratic policy choices at the national level, while the … present European euro-rescuing regime lacks democratic legitimacy. But policy choices might now become politicised in the …

In the first years of the eurozone debt crisis, European governments were busy struggling to achieve short … the long-term institutional structure of the eurozone? This paper argues that the economic situation in the periphery …

Niedrige oder sogar negative Realzinsen bestimmen seit Beginn der Krise die Kapitalmärkte in der Eurozone. Davon …. Therefore, financial repression is not a “cure” for the high public debts amassed in the euro area during the recent sovereign … debt and banking crisis. Furthermore, the high sovereign debts in the euro area may threaten economic development and …