In the 24 years since its introduction, the euro has experienced a financial crisis, a government debt crisis, a global pandemic, and an energy crisis-and survived. Using a model focusing on households, this Weekly Report shows that the monetary union’s stability is rooted in the fact that the...

Die Währungsunion hat zu erheblichen Vermögenstransfers zwischen den teilnehmenden Ländern geführt. Sie vergemeinschaftet nicht nur das Ansehen, das sich die nationalen Währungen erworben haben, sondern auch den Geldschöpfungsgewinn, den die Notenbanken dadurch erwirtschaften, dass sie...

The promise of greater material prosperity and economic convergence has underpinned the process of European economic integration. Its consequences for income inequalities within countries, however, have so far been little discussed. This paper seeks to contribute to the literature by...