"In this book, a historical analysis of the precedents of the euro is examined within the context of the current issues … affecting the Eurozone and the long-term effects of the institutional changes implemented since 2010. The book begins by placing … the Eurozone challenges in the historical context of previous monetary unions, drawing on the experience of the gold …

euro as their currency and recent research has shown that countries currently pursuing this goal indeed fulfill the …

euro as their currency and recent research has shown that countries currently pursuing this goal indeed fulfill the …

This paper studies the process of business cycle synchronization in the European Union and the euro area. As our … in the core and peripheral members of the euro area. Our analysis of quarterly data covering the first two decades of the … euro area shows that there was a certain synchronization tendency in the first years of the common currency. However, the …