1. Introduction

   • Thierry Vissol

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

2. How Can European uses and Consumers Have Confidence in the Euro? Six Socio-Economic Hypotheses

   • Jean-Michel Servet

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 49

3. The Socio-Political Dimensions of the Currency: Implications for the Transition to the Euro

   • Bruno Théret

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 79

4. Differences in Information Requirements among European Citizens: More Psychology than Socio-Demographics

   • Roland Pepermans
   • Anke Müller-Peters

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 90

5. The Transition to the Euro: Some Perspectives from Economic Psychology

   • Carole B. Burgoyne
   • David A. Routh
   • Anne-Marie Ellis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 116

6. Introduction of the Euro and the Dense Society

   • Carla Collicelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 133

7. The Euro as a Political Communication Process: Quality Requirements

   • Vicente Pérez Plaza

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 147

8. Stabilising Citizen and Consumer Expectations by Legal Means when Introducing the Euro in the Participating Member States

   • Norbert Reich

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 168

9. The Outlook for the Euro Changeover: A Summary and General Analysis

   • Thierry Vissol
   • Stéphane Layani
   • Helena Ramón

   OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 200

10. Annex: Report by the Euro Working Group of the Consumer Committee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 256