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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458476803321

Titolo

From the Athenian tetradrachm to the euro [[electronic resource] ] : studies in European monetary integration / / edited by Philip L. Cottrell, Gérassimos Notaras and Gabriel Tortella ; co-editors, Monika Pohle Fraser and Iain L. Fraser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Publ., c2007

ISBN

1-351-15790-6

1-281-10427-2

9786611104276

0-7546-8430-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Studies in banking and financial history

Altri autori (Persone)

CottrellP. L. <1944->

NotarasGerasimos

Tortella CasaresGabriel

Disciplina

332.4/94

Soggetti

Monetary unions - Europe - History

Monetary policy - Europe - History

Electronic books.

Europe Economic integration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-180) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.