We present a set of empirical regularities that characterize the activity of Greek exporters. We decompose firm-level exports by their margins (numbers of products and destinations, export values, quantities, prices) and relate them to skilled relative to unskilled employment and wages, and...

The paper investigates the transition of the new EU countries with a currency board arrangement (CBA) to the euro-zone. The arguments for and against retaining a CBA while participating in the exchange rate mechanism of the EU (ERMII) are discussed. Then, we show in the framework of a signalling...

Received wisdom suggests that 'excessive' wages, defined as the part of real wages that do not follow labour productivity developments, are adversely associated with the return on capital. This paper argues that excessive wages and profits are better thought of as responses to changes in the...