This paper introduces the Data Collection Task Force of the South-East European Monetary History Network (SEEMHN DCTF) and its first result. Good policy making should be grounded on good data. To this end, the SEEMHN DCTF works since 2006 towards establishing a SEE macro history database of 19th...

Greece is one of the countries that were dramatically affected by the recent euro crisis, as in six years it lost more than one fourth of its national product. Although its economic and monetary history is rich in crises and defaults, it has not been systematically studied, thus remaining...