Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms … remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral … euro's impact on financial integration is primarily driven by eliminating the currency risk. Legislative …

This Paper focuses on the pass-through of exchange rate changes into the prices of imports made by euro area countries … industry-specific rates of pass-through across and within countries for all euro members. In the short run, pass-through rates …-through rates across industries and countries can be rejected. Differences exist across euro area countries in the degree that a …

Diversification opportunities in Euroland appear to have improved significantly since the advent of the euro, thus … the time series of return dispersions suggestive of cycles and long swings in return correlations. The most recent post-euro …

UK adopting the Euro. Instability increases substantially, particularly for inflation and real interest rates. A key … factor is the extent of the Euro's instability against the dollar; by adopting a regional currency the UK imports this source …

our analysis on the effect of the euro for the determinants of bond trade, equity and banking assets. With the help of a … theoretical model, we attempt to disentangle the different effects that the euro may have had on asset holdings for both euro zone … countries and countries outside of the euro zone such as Sweden. We find evidence that the euro has implied 1) a unilateral …

This paper explores the dominant role of politics in decisions made by euro area governments during the crisis …. Decisions that appear to have been driven by local political considerations to the detriment of the euro area as a whole are … costs across the euro area. The example of Cyprus is discussed, where political decisions resulted in a transfer of about …

We investigate the behaviour of gross capital flows and net capital flows for euro area member countries. We highlight …-deficit countries. Finally, we describe the reforms that can improve macro-financial stability across the euro area. …