entire sample, and it is diversified across the clubs. Second, all methodologies confirm euro-area banking convergence. Third …This paper analyses banking convergence, measured through the ratios of deposits and loans to GDP, across 65 countries …, compares it with per capita income convergence, and tests its effect on real convergence. The focus of the paper is the group …

¿½ memory for cinema prices with questionnaires distributed to moviegoers. The analysis concentrates on the memory of pre-euro … respondents recalled the correct price, and that the average prices recalled were much lower than the actual pre-euro prices and …

The introduction of the euro notes and coins in the first two months of 2002 was followed by a lively debate on the … alleged inflationary effects of the new currency. In Italy, as in the rest of the euro area, survey-based measures signaled a … hypothesis that, after the introduction of the euro notes and coins, consumer prices underwent an increase not recorded by …

Following the introduction of euro banknotes and coins many Italians perceived a much sharper increase in the price …