The purpose of this study is to survey how US economists, those with the Federal Reserve System and those at US universities, looked upon European monetary unification from the publication of the Delors Report in 1989 to the introduction of euro notes and coins in January 2002. Our survey of...

The 4th DG ECFIN Annual Research Conference was held on 11-12 October 2007 in Brussels, with over 100 participants. The theme was 'Growth and income distribution in an integrated Europe: does EMU make a difference?'. The choice of topic for the conference was inspired by growing concern about...

The introduction of the euro as a currency in physical existence in January 2002 was a major step in the European integration process. The purpose of this paper is to explore how a representative selection of 12 000 Europeans across all countries in the euro area view the effects of the euro...

The Swedish referendum on the euro in September 2003 is an exceptional event for researchers of monetary unions and of European economic integration. Voters chose between maintaining the domestic currency, the krona, and replacing it with the euro, the single currency of the European Union. The...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the result of the Swedish euro referendum from an optimum currency area approach. It is structured as follows. First, the election result is summarized. Then the views of the economics profession on the benefits and the costs of membership in a monetary...