Monnet's Error?

Luigi Guiso, Luigi Zingales and Paola Sapienza

No 10559, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Entering a currency union without any political union European countries have taken a gamble: will the needs of the currency union force a political integration (as anticipated by Monnet) or will the tensions create a backlash, as suggested by Kaldor, Friedman and many others? We try to answer this question by analyzing the cross sectional and time series variation in pro-European sentiments in the EU 15 countries. The 1992 Maastricht Treaty seems to have reduced the pro-Europe sentiment as does the 2010 Eurozone crisis. Yet, in spite of the worst recession in recent history, the Europeans still support the common currency. Europe seems trapped: there is no desire to go backward, no interest in going forward, but it is economically unsustainable to stay still.

Keywords: Euro; Euro crisis; European union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 F45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-04
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