This paper argues that the key issue for defining and solving the Eurozone’s (EZ) difficulties lies in readjusting the …

currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by … put the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective. We argue that the creation of the EMU was a continuation (or … integration, the euro’s impact on trade disappears. Moreover, a significant part of the trend in European trade integration is …

We present a new approach to study empirically the effect of the introduction of the euro on currency invoicing. Our …. One of the key findings is that the eurozone countries in trade with Norway have substantially increased their share of … home currency invoicing after the introduction of the euro. In addition, the euro as a vehicle currency has overtaken the …

the euro-dollar exchange rate, within a three-country, three-currency portfolio model. Our static model shows that the … euro-dollar rate, whatever the exchange-rate regime of China. Moving to a dynamic, stock-flow framework, we show that the …

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 …

This paper studies the reaction of the mean and volatility of the euro-dollar exchange rate to statements of ECB … officials during the first years of EMU. We focus on statements on monetary policy and the (potential) strength of the euro. We …. In some cases there are effects of statements on the level of the euro-dollar rate. Efforts to ‘talk up’ the euro have …

self-fulfilling multiple equilibria arise.I analyze the implications of this fragility for the governance of the Eurozone …