This study investigates extreme tail risks in financial markets of the euro-candidate countries and their implications for monetary policies. Our empirical tests show the prevalence of extreme risks in the conditional volatility series of selected financial variables, that is, interbank rates,...

Trade liberalization is often considered a sufficient prerequisite for inducing desirable structural adjustment. Entry of transition economies (TEs) into the European Union (EU) should induce structural adjustments at the firm level to move trade and production profiles closer to the EU's...