The European Union is at a crossroads. This book analyzes the historical roots of the EU's monetary and financial institutions in order to better understand its struggle to maintain an economic and monetary union, as well as the ongoing problems facing the Euro. The institutions of the EU are...

The uncovered interest rate parity condition lies at the heart of the "impossible trinity", stating that the three objectives of fixed exchange rates, free capital flows, and independent monetary policy cannot be pursued simultaneously. We argue that although monetary unification does indeed...

"This Chapter deals with the steps of the European construction and its structure. It also hints at the issues arising from an incomplete union. The foundations of European integration can be traced to issues raised immediately after WWII (Baldwin, Wyplosz, 2006). The central question was...