subgroups including Euro area countries, the UK and the US respectively, provides evidence of a global convergence …

testing for possible shifts in the transmission of volatility following the introduction of the euro and EU accession. Further …. Furthermore, whilst the introduction of the euro has had mixed effects, EU accession has resulted in an increase in volatility …

the euro area (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain) using daily data for the period 1994 …

German Bund and on sovereign bonds in eight countries belonging to the euro area (Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy …

This paper focuses on macroeconomic interdependencies between the Euro area and three transition economies (Estonia …, Lithuania and Latvia), with the aim of establishing whether the latter are ready to adopt the Euro. The theoretical framework is … exchange rate vis-a-vis the Euro of each Baltic country, reflecting a degree of real convergence consistent with Optimum …