The ultimate object of research concerning the Euro is to answer the following questions: (#1) What is the equilibrium … trajectory of the nominal euro, measured as dollars/euro? (#2) To what extent has the equilibrium nominal euro been determined by … transitory factors in affecting the value of the euro? (#4) Is the euro currently undervalued, and by what criteria? Our …

nineties and the puzzling decline of the euro during its virtual existence to changes in the demand for deutschmarks in eastern … the dollar and the weakness of the euro reflect the prosperity of the US and the weakness of the European economy on both …

the reciprocal investments among Euro area members. Indeed, after partialling out the declining effect of exchange rate … volatility in the after-crisis period, the fall in bilateral equity investment in the Euro area disappears …

) convergence of the originalEuropean monetary union (EMU) member countries both before and after theintroduction of the euro with …

Policymakers fear the potentially destabilizing impact of fickle global investors on emerging markets. Euro area … currency denomination and issuer-level risk factors. First, euro area investors exhibit a strong home currency bias that … manifests itself both as a cross-sectional preference and in the form of relatively stable flows to Euro-denominated bonds over …

Swiss franc from the Euro in 2015, which resulted in its significant appreciation and shocked FX markets. Many citizens in …

-time data. We find that such economic news in the United States, Germany and the euro area have indeed been a driving force … behind daily US dollar - euro/DEM exchange rate developments in the period 1993-2003. The larger importance of US … macroeconomic news is at least partly explained by their earlier release time compared to corresponding German and euro area news …