Money growth in the euro area has exceeded its target since 2001. Likewise, recent empirical studies did not find …, a rise in the income elasticity after 2001 is taken into account. The break might be linked to the introduction of euro …

Monetary growth in the euro area has exceeded its target level especially since 2001. Likewise, recent empirical …

regions, possibly because of language barriers or national labour market regulations. …

We examine real business cycle convergence for 41 euro area regions and 48 US states. Results obtained by a panel model … decades in the euro area and the US. Ongoing business cycle convergence often detected in a country data is not confirmed at … the regional level. The degree of synchronization across the euro area is similar to that to be found for the US states …

euro area. To control for international spillovers, global VARs are also considered. Differences in the results can provide … a measure on the impact of financial market integration. The specifications point to some impact of liquidity shocks on …