Since growth and employment are the economic variables dominating the public debate in an era of low inflation, it is no surprise that, that the euro has become a matter of increasing political controversy despite inconclusive evidence on its overall impact.

The ECB has embarked on an uncertain path with the digital euro project. It is pursuing a strategy that is unclear about whatproblems it is trying to solve and what specific goals it is trying to achieve. The ECB has not yet been able to diagnose a clear marketfailure that would justify such...

Eine Rückkehr zur D-Mark wäre ein Desaster, argumentiert der international renommierte Ökonom und Wirtschaftsweise Peter Bofinger in seiner Streitschrift. Er plädiert für eine grundlegende Reform der Währungsunion und gegen den monetären Nationalismus. Nur der Euro kann den Wohlstand in...

The paper discusses central digital currencies (CBDCs) with an analytical focus on the European Central Bank's Digital Euro (D€) project, which provides a unique lens for assessing the potential and challenges of CBDCs. The paper differs from the literature on CBDCs and the D€ by adopting a...

This paper reviews the economic, monetary and financial relations between the EU and the euro area and a set of countries in a broad set of neighbouring regions. The 80 or so countries are mostly classified as transition, emerging or developing economies and belong to four main regions: the...

Official and unilateral dollarisation/euroisation has become a common policy advice for emerging market economies. Against this background, the paper provides a comprehensive review of all the main cases of dollarisation/euroisation, analysing motives, features and policy implications of this...

This paper reviews selected aspects of economic relations between the EU and Russia, focusing on the impact that the last two waves of EU enlargement have had on Russia, as well as the role of the euro in Russia. The analysis suggests that if EU enlargement has had any diversion effects on trade...