This study grounds the establishment of EMU and the euro in the context of the history of international monetary cooperation and of monetary unions, above all in the U.S., Germany and Italy. The purpose of national monetary unions was to reduce transactions costs of multiple currencies and...

This study grounds the establishment of EMU and the euro in the context of the history of international monetary cooperation and of monetary unions, above all in the U.S., Germany and Italy. The purpose of national monetary unions was to reduce transactions costs of multiple currencies and...

This book combines currency matters with competitiveness considerations, with a view to raising the understanding of exchange rate dynamics and to analysing the role of exchange rates in reinforcing economic competitiveness

Der sowjetische Rubel gilt weiterhin als Währung in 14 Nachfolgerepubliken trotz ihrer eigenen Geldpolitik und der eigenen Finanzprobleme. Die gegenwärtigen inflationären Tendenzen können abgemildert werden, wenn die Republiken eigene Währungen schaffen. Dies kann allerdings auch dazu...