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Explaining attitudes towards the euro: Design of a cross-national study

Katja MeierLiisa UusitaloRoland PepermansJohanna MoisanderRichard WahlundCordula KoenenGuido KiellGustavo GuzmanIsmael QuintanillaAgneta MarellYvonne M. Van EverdingenSuzanne C. BeckmannMary LambkinFlora KokkinakiCarole B. BurgoyneFrancesco ScacciatiNicole BattagliaErich KirchlerRoberto Luna ArocasDavid A. RouthMinoo FarhangmehrGuido OrtonaW. Fred Van RaaijFrancois-regis LenoirAnke Müller-petersDominique Lassarre

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Value (ethics)Economics and EconometricsEquity (economics)Sociology and Political SciencePublic economics05 social sciencesControl (management)050109 social psychologyCurrency0502 economics and businessDevelopment economicsNational identityEconomic and monetary unionmedia_common.cataloged_instance0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSociology050207 economicsEuropean unionSocial identity theoryApplied Psychologymedia_common

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AbstractThe aim of this paper is to provide essential background material relating to the accom-panying papers in this special issue. It presents a brief description of the ‘Psychology of theEuropean Monetary Union’ project. This involved a questionnaire study of attitudes towardsthe euro, which was fielded in each of the 15 member states of the European Union in thesummer of 1997. We describe the development of the common survey instrument, and outlinethe rationale and methods pursued in sampling particular conceptual domains. The paper alsodetails the sampling procedures used in each country, together with the response rates andsample sizes attained. Finally, it o•ers a brief cross-national comparison of overall attitudes tothe euro. O 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.PsycINFO classification: 2229; 3920JEL classification: D63; D84; E52; F33Keywords: Control; Currency; Euro; Expectations; Equity; European union; Economic andmonetary union; Money; National identity; Satisfaction; Values

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1998-12-01Journal of Economic Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-4870(98)00031-2