Will the Eurozone Dissolve into its Constituents?

Mike Tsionas

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Euro and International Financial Stability, 2014, pp 29-35 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The short answer is not necessarily. First of all, the markets dictate competition of currencies in order to result into endogenously formed currency unions. When money was introduced, it had to compete with all sorts of alternative exchange media like furs, corn or clay vases and jewels. It prevailed not because someone ordered it. In fact, someone ordered gold and silver coins with his face upon it (kings, emperors etc.) precisely because that sort of money was already in use, in one form or another, in the vast majority of exchanges.

Keywords: Interest Rate; Comparative Advantage; Average Cost; Public Debt; Monetary Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01171-4_7

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