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

Autor: Katja Meier, Liisa Uusitalo, Roland Pepermans, Johanna Moisander, Richard Wahlund, Cordula Koenen, Guido Kiell, Gustavo Guzman, Ismael Quintanilla, Agneta Marell, Yvonne M. van Everdingen, Suzanne C. Beckmann, Mary Lambkin, Flora Kokkinaki, Carole B. Burgoyne, Francesco Scacciati, Nicole Battaglia, Erich Kirchler, Roberto Luna-Arocas, David A. Routh, Minoo Farhangmehr, Guido Ortona, W. Fred van Raaij, Francois-Regis Lenoir, Anke Müller-Peters, Dominique Lassarre
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
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ISSN: 0167-4870
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4870(98)00031-2
Popis: The 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
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