Die Beschlüsse von Maastricht zur Einführung einer gemeinsamen europäischen Währung erzeugten unterschiedlichste Reaktionen in Öffentlichkeit und Wissenschaft: Während die einen von einer "Vision für Europa" sprachen, warnten andere vor einem "gefährlichen Irrweg". Auch heute noch...

When I wrote my book on EMU four years ago (Kenen 1995), very little had been written on the international dimensions of EMU. There was a chapter in the Commission's path-breaking study (European Commission, 1990). There were papers by Alogoskoufis and Portes (1991, 1992), Cooper (1992),...

This paper studies a particular aspect of the choice of exchange rate regime by EU candidate countries in the run-up to membership of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The fact that these countries have adopted various exchange rate systems reflects a divergence of opinion on the...

This paper studies a particular aspect of the choice of exchange rate regime by EU candidate countries in the run-up to membership of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The fact that these countries have adopted various exchange rate systems reflects a divergence of opinion on the...