Many Bulgarians are still hesitant about giving up the Lev on 1 January. Mixed feelings are not uncommon in countries adopting the euro. However, as Ferdinand Dreher and Nils Hernborg show, survey data indicates that support significantly increases once people start using the euro in their daily lives. 

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