The euro is the second most important global currency after the US dollar. However, its international role has not … increased since its inception in 1999. The private sector prefers using the US dollar rather than the euro because the financial … the attractiveness of the euro outside the euro area requires, among others, a proactive role for the European Central …

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 euroarea 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 …

economic variables determine a given country's currency bloc affiliation. The dollar bloc differs from the euro bloc in that …

This paper examines the evolution of public support for the euro since its introduction as a virtual currency in 1999 … popularity of the euro. We find that a majority of citizens support the euro in each individual member country of the euro area … econometric work demonstrates that unemployment is a key driver of support behind the euro. Given these developments, we discuss …

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 …

Seit seiner Einführung am 1. Januar 1999 hat der Euro über ein Viertel seines Außenwertes verloren. Nachdem alle auf …, hat die These, dass die Schwäche darauf beruht, dass es bisher nur einen virtuellen Euro gibt, an Glaubwürdigkeit gewonnen … Finance« zu erklären. Aus der Sicht dieser Theorie könnte die Bargeldeinführung zum Vorteil des Euro ausschlagen, aber mit …

economic fundamentals of Euro area member countries have not harmonized. The opposite holds: the Euro core countries - most of … international competitiveness. Although the overall balance of payments for the Euro area at large is almost balanced, internal … disequilibria are skyrocketing and default risk premiums and tensions within the Euro area are rising, thus jeopardizing the …

the EMU, in no case should cutbacks be made for small countries concerning the stability requirements. -- Euro ; European …