Euro area reform preferences of Central and Eastern European economic experts

Artikel

This study explores the positions of economic experts from Central and Eastern European (CEE) Member States in the euro reform debate. Given the dominant voices from French and German politicians and academics in the European discourse, there is an obvious neglect for the positions of CEE countries. Our study tries to fill this gap with a large survey among economic expert communities in all CEE countries conducted in spring 2019. We compare euro reform preferences to benchmarks of surveyed experts in France, Germany, and Italy. We discuss implications for the ongoing euro area reform with a particular focus on several non-euro members’ growing reluctance to introduce the common currency. We argue that only a balanced reform package that combines solidarity with debt self-responsibility could foster the euro’s appeal in the CEE region.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Empirica ; ISSN: 1573-6911 ; Volume: 48 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 155-179 ; New York, NY: Springer US

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists ; Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy ; National Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
• Subject: Euro reform debate ; European Integration ; Central and Eastern Europe ; Expert survey

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Blesse, Sebastian ; Havlik, Annika ; Heinemann, Friedrich
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer US
• (where): New York, NY
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s10663-020-09474-6
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET