From the Athenian tetradrachm to the euro : studies in European monetary integration / edited by Philip L. Cottrell, Gérassimos Notaras and Gabriel Tortella ; co-editors, Monika Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser
Preface : from the Athenian tetradrachm to the euro / Theodoros B. Karatzas -- Common currency from antiquity : plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose / Ioannis Touratsoglou -- Monetary integration in the Roman Empire / Juan Carlos Martinez Oliva -- 'One money for an empire' : achievements and limitations of Byzantium's currency from Constantine the Great to the fall of Constantinople / Cécile Morrisson -- On the history of German monetary union / Richard H. Tilly -- The Latin monetary union revisited once again / Marcello de Cecco -- The Scandinavian monetary union 1873-1924 / Lars Jonung -- The gold standard : a view from the periphery / Pablo Martín-Aceña -- The Bretton Woods agreements : a monetary theory perspective / Filippo Cesarano -- The European monetary system / Michael Artis -- European monetary union : a project of promise and risk / Paul De Grauwe -- From the Athenian tetradrachm to the euro : some concluding remarks / Vitor Gaspar
Summary
With the introduction of the euro much recent attention has been focused on the role of currencies and their national and international significance. Covering a time span of some two and a half millennia, the contributions within this volume consider aspects of the European experience from classical antiquity until the beginning of the twenty first century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-180) and index
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