Binner, JaneChaudry, Sajid M.Swofford, James L.Tong, Meng2023-05-302023-05-302023-05-26Binner, J., Chaudry, S. M., Swofford, J. L., & Tong, M. (2023). UK or the Eurozone: Which common currency area can work for Northern Ireland after Brexit? European Journal of Finance, 29(16), 1835-1848. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2023.22162401351-847X10.1080/1351847X.2023.2216240http://hdl.handle.net/10034/627820This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Finance on 26/05/2023, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2023.2216240Brexit and the controversy concerning an Irish border makes the issue of whether Northern Ireland is a common currency area with the rest of UK or the Eurozone topical. We test the microeconomic foundations of a common currency area for Northern Ireland, UK, Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Eurozone. We provide evidence that all areas meet the microeconomic criteria for a common currency area. Banking data suggest that lending in Northern Ireland is different from lending in the rest of the UK, raising doubt on whether or not the UK forms a common currency area including Northern Ireland.CC0 1.0 Universalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Common currency areasmicroeconomic foundationsNorthern IrelandBrexitArticle1466-4364European Journal of Finance