unemployment in the euro area, demonstrating that the ECB was held accountable for macroeconomic developments. Our results indicate … that citizens in the EU, both within and outside the euro area, judge the euro and the ECB based on the economic … performance of the euro area. Thus, the best way to foster support for the euro and trust in the ECB is to pursue policies aimed …

pragmatic question in this context is: Did delegating monetary policy to the ECB increase stress in the individual euro area … countries? An SVAR analysis reveals that monetary stress has declined more in the euro area than in the euro areas’ doppelganger … euro becoming a dominant currency. …

? -- To what extent do national additional money and the ECB's bond-buying programmes endanger the unity of the monetary union? … do additional money emitted by the national central banks and the ECB's bond-purchasing programmes endanger the unity of … the monetary union? Vol. II: Scenarios for the Future of the Euro. …

government money the solution? -- Why are national parallel currencies and a value-secured euro with purchasing power guarantee a …-purchasingprogrammes endanger the independence of the ECB. As an alternative, Dirk Meyer develops a parallel currency concept for a functioning …-secured euro with purchasing power guarantee a constructive alternative? …