| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Budd LC |
| Conference Name | Regional Studies Association International Conference: Regional Transitions - European Regions and the Challenges of Development, Integration and Enlargement |
| Conference Location | Gdansk, Poland |
| URL | http://oro.open.ac.uk/1670/ |
| Refereed Designation | Refereed |
This paper examines the impact of the euro, as a reference currency on the economies of the CEECs. It builds on previous work that showed that in the absence of a regional insurance system, Euroland could not be considered to be an optimal currency area. It investigates the way in which the development of financial markets and instruments in the CEECs, post-liberalism has been both a strategy of modernisation and accumulation through the sphere of circulation.