This chapter examines the evolution of public support for the euro and public trust in the European Central Bank (ECB … currency, we find that a majority of citizens in every member country of the euro area (EA) support the euro. The economic … crisis in the EA following the Great Recession and the euro crisis led to a slight decline in public support for the euro but …

Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the EU in 1995. This paper examines how support for the euro and trust in …. Support for the euro in the two euro-area members Austria and Finland has remained high and relatively stable since the … physical introduction of the new currency nearly 20 years ago, while the euro crisis significantly reduced support for the euro …

An often heard view is that exchange rate variability will decrease for a country that joins the EMU. This is not …

We examine whether the introduction of the euro had a significantly positive impact on the synchronization of business … cycles among members of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) which might arise due to the lack of country-specific monetary … policy shocks in the euro area. Empirical evidence on this relationship is rare so far and su ers from methodical weaknesses …

EU countries, vis a vis the US dollar, before and after the advent of the euro. Standard as well as nonlinear unit root …

default. It is argued that the current crisis in Europe illustrates why the euro is not a real contender for hegemony in the …

the UK versus the Euro Area which are compared versus the US as a benchmark. An important role for symmetric shocks with … the Euro Area in explaining UK output fluctuations is found. However, the relative importance of asymmetric shocks, being … was stronger in the UK than the Euro Area. We also confirm existing evidence of the exchange rate being an important …

have had even worse results for Germany. Fragility and divergence undermine the euro's longterm survival. …

and the experience of EMU up to now we argue that empirical evidence on OCA criteria for EMU suggests that benefits for … the countries participating in EMU outweigh costs by a relatively large margin although by varying degrees from country to … country. Fiscal policy rules are necessary for EMU to succeed. We also conclude that EMU has been driven by political …