This paper seeks to explain the variance between success and failure of attempts to achieve monetary cooperation and integration in Western Europe. In its first two sections the paper develops six assumptions about international monetary behavior of states and the conditions for monetary...

This paper takes a preliminary step toward formulating a theory of German leadership within European monetary politics. Its purpose is to examine the constraints to monetary cooperation in Europe. An analysis of the constraints provides a prerequisite for understanding the particular role of...

This paper seeks to explain the variance between success and failure of attempts to achieve monetary cooperation and integration in Western Europe. In its first two sections the paper develops six assumptions about international monetary behavior of states and the conditions for monetary...

This paper takes a preliminary step toward formulating a theory of German leadership within European monetary politics. Its purpose is to examine the constraints to monetary cooperation in Europe. An analysis of the constraints provides a prerequisite for understanding the particular role of...