This essay assesses the need for deeper integration in the European Union, while questioning where the current European leadership has the vision to implement such reforms in the wake of the euro ...

An explanation of why governments contemplate regional monetary integration and why some country groups are more likely than others to exercise that option. This book surveys the prospects for ...

A number of studies have recently noted that monetary integration in the European Monetary Union (EMU) has been accompanied by increased financial integration. This paper examines the channels through ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) continues to shape the euro area’s economic landscape through its monetary policy decisions, research initiatives, and economic surveys. Recent publications from July ...

Most economists would argue that monetary integration leads to financial integration; in other words, when a set of countries has a common currency, as in the European Monetary Union (EMU), for ...

The construction of Europe after WWII sought to promote political and economic cooperation among European nations. The ...

New Year’s Day 1999 saw the largest monetary changeover in history. On that date, just 20 years ago, 12 members of the European Union formally adopted a brand-spanking-new currency, the euro. Today ...

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