This dissertation is a collection of three essays dealing with selected problems of the Euro Area during its most recent crisis. It applies empirical, theoretical, and institutional analyses to gain new insights into many of its financial aspects. The first essay offers an alternative...

The real thing: A tale of two product launches -- "A burning building with no exits': designing a euro inferno -- The French vice : gold, the euro and a peculiar taste for monetary discipline -- No end of a lesson : schools of thought collide in the Eurozone -- Ire and ice : two crises in a...

Why is the policy of no alternatives so dangerous? -- What does "crisis policy" mean and why do its consequences have a disintegrative effect? -- What are the costs of the low interest rate policy? -- How much was the debt relief for Greece really? -- To what extent do national additional money...