This paper considers the primary challenges faced by the Eurozone and caused by the 2008+ crisis. It suggests that one … are occurring or likely to occur in the Eurozone. However, the intertwined character of these challenges and their … persist and that no easy solution can be expected soon. A simple evaluation of the Eurozone’s macroeconomic stability based on …

We study convergence and divergence dynamics in a sample of EMU countries by assembling an extensive dataset that …, increasing convergence with the core Euro countries. However, the debt crisis dramatically worsened citizens’ perceptions of …