The euro in the 21st century : economic crisis and financial uproar / María Lorca-Susino.

List of Graphs, vii -- List of Tables, xi -- Foreword / by Joaquín Almunia, xiii -- Acknowledgements, xvii -- List of Abbreviations, xix -- Part I. historical and theoretical introduction to the euro -- 1. Historical and Theoretical Considerations, 3 -- Part II. The euro as a common, international, and global currency: an empirical study -- 2. The Euro as a Common Currency 27 3. Statistical Analysis of the Euro as a Stabilizer for the Eurozone 49 4. The Euro as an International and Global Currency 81 Part III. The euro and the eurozone: before, during, and after the first economic crisis of the 21st century -- 5. The New Monetary Order of the 21st Century, 111 -- 6. The Eurozone and its First Economic Crisis, 143 -- 7. The Future of the Eurozone and the EU at a Crossroads: Coordination or Breakup, 183 -- 8. The Euro in the Twenty-First Century: The Need for a "Euro Index", 211 -- Part IV. Conclusión -- 9. The Eurozone in the 21st Century, 949 -- Bibliography, 275 -- Index, 309.