, fluctuations in the Swiss franc against the euro have been surprisingly moderate. The Swiss franc has thus tracked the euro … monetary policy with the new landscape defined by EMU. Four hypotheses of euro tracking are considered. …

inherited from Germany's mercantilist past and Bundesbank mythology. Steps toward a fiscal union to back the euro are also …

This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany's role in it. It is argued that … the euro's survival. The crisis in Euroland poses a global too big to fail threat, and presents a moral hazard of perhaps …

depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But the crisis that started in Euroland's so-called periphery has … meanwhile reached the core. With pro-euro sentiments dwindling fast across the European Union (EU), the future of the euro … turn out to be a double-edged sword. In case of a euro breakup, swift appreciation of the new deutschmark would abruptly …

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 …