After reviewing the main determinants of the current Eurozone crisis, this paper discusses the feasibility of … austerity measures in order to abide by their commitments with Eurozone institutions and the IMF. We show that the introduction … of fiscal currencies would speed up the recovery, without violating the rules of Eurozone Treaties. At the same time …

After reviewing the main determinants of the current eurozone crisis, this paper discusses the feasibility of … austerity measures in order to abide by their commitments to eurozone institutions and the International Monetary Fund. We show … that the introduction of fiscal currencies would speed up the recovery, without violating the rules of eurozone treaties …

depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But the crisis that started in Euroland's so-called periphery has … meanwhile reached the core. With pro-euro sentiments dwindling fast across the European Union (EU), the future of the euro … turn out to be a double-edged sword. In case of a euro breakup, swift appreciation of the new deutschmark would abruptly …

of existing national public debts is involved. Instead, the Euro Treasury is established as a means to pool eurozone …The euro crisis remains unresolved even as financial markets may seem calm for now. The current euro regime is … the euro are assessed and found lacking. A "Euro Treasury" scheme operating on a strict rule and specifically designed not …

All explorations of the future of the Euro show serious risks for its survival in the present form. The road map of the … Five EU Presidents presented in 2015 is far from sufficient to reduce the risks of the Euro zone falling apart by Brexit … risk of the Euro‐area falling apart in a chaotic way, through further divergence in labor productivity, through new Banking …

The euro area will not have a centralised budget and smoothing of country-specific asymmetric shocks via private …

Should we blame the euro for widening of current account deficits in the EMU? In this paper, we employ time … of the euro. Our aim is to assess to what extent the increased current account deficits could be attributed to the single … currency and to the role of other variables, especially fiscal policy and developments of financial sector. We show that euro …

In this paper, sound public finances under the euro means sustainability in the long term instead of short- and medium …-term fiscal discipline. The challenges to sustainability are identified for the four largest euro area member states, and several … resort for a euro area government under liquidity shortage to prevent it from developing into a general financial crisis …

This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro … crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances … unemployment continue to plague euro crisis countries. Its huge current account surplus highlights that the euro currency union …

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 …