At a time of historic challenges to the viability of the Eurozone, we assess the contribution of the EU and the Euro to … between member countries whether or not members have also adopted the Euro. The Euro adoption as well as the anticipation of … the Euro adoption has minimal effects on market integration …

exist in most Eurozone countries. Although the European Central Bank managed the euro in a way that achieved a low rate of …The creation of the euro should now be recognized as an experiment that has led to the sovereign debt crisis in several … monetary union. The emergence of these problems just a dozen years after the start of the euro in 1999 was not an accident or …

This paper looks at the short history of the Eurozone through the lens of an evolutionary approach to forming new … institutions. The euro has operated as a currency without a state, under the dominance of Germany. This has so far allowed the euro … responsibility for the euro's future. Germany's resilience and dominant size within the EU may explain its "muddling …

this "political guide for economists" we look at the creation of the euro within the bigger picture of European integration … reaction towards an "ever-closer union." The euro with its current problems is a child of that strategy and its limits …

Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms … remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral … euro's impact on financial integration is primarily driven by eliminating the currency risk. Legislative …

and recovery patterns for key EU members like Germany and France, within the Eurozone, were similar. However, after the … bubble burst and the crisis began unfolding it became clear that the Eurozone plight differed from America's in one … fundamental respect. There was no exact counterpart of Eurozone GIIPS (Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain) in the United …