find that the Euro adoption will have a noticeable impact on the Polish economic fluctuations. In particular, the … Euro adoption, we compute the welfare effect of this monetary policy change. Our findings suggest that the welfare cost is …

This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro … crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances … unemployment continue to plague euro crisis countries. Its huge current account surplus highlights that the euro currency union …

depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But the crisis that started in Euroland's so-called periphery has … meanwhile reached the core. With pro-euro sentiments dwindling fast across the European Union (EU), the future of the euro … turn out to be a double-edged sword. In case of a euro breakup, swift appreciation of the new deutschmark would abruptly …

Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the EU in 1995. This paper examines how support for the euro and trust in …. Support for the euro in the two euroarea members Austria and Finland has remained high and relatively stable since the … physical introduction of the new currency nearly 20 years ago, while the euro crisis significantly reduced support for the euro …

postponed euro-adoption until 2020 without any explanation, which is one of the motivations of our analysis. We review the … arguments formulated in 2000-2004 regarding the adoption of the euro by the profession, as well as the declarations and actual … policies pursued by successive governments during the 2000-s. The study discusses the crisis within the euro area, the …

Macroeconomic adjustment in the euro area periphery was more recessionary than pre-crisis imbalances would have …

Macroeconomic adjustment in the euro area periphery was more recessionary than pre-crisis imbalances would have …

This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany's role in it. It is argued that … the euro's survival. The crisis in Euroland poses a global “too big to fail” threat, and presents a moral hazard of …

institutional deficiencies share responsibility for the euro's failure, the bank has generally done "too little, too late" with … regard to managing the euro crisis, preventing protracted stagnation, and containing deflation threats. The bank remains … attached to the euro area’s official competitive wage-repression strategy, which is in conflict with the ECB's price stability …