We propose a new and time-varying optimum currency area (OCA) index for the euro area in assessing the evolution of the … autoregression (VAR) model. We argue that the euro area is more appropriate through the lens of empirical OCA properties when the … relative importance of common symmetric shocks is high, but, at the same time, is not overly dispersed across euro area member …

This paper is an event study focusing on the global effects of the euro debt crisis in 2010-2013. After identifying 18 … advanced and 13 emerging countries. The main effect of euro debt crisis events is a rise in global risk aversion accompanied by …

characteristics? Based on a common source of balance sheet data for the four largest economies of the euro area over the period 1999 …

's prosperity. The paper focuses on political events in Italy over the past 35 years and asks whether the adoption of the euro in …'s financial markets throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The introduction of the euro appears to have indeed played a major role …

This paper uses the euro cash changeover to test theories of finite informationprocessing capacities on the side of … effects are found in particular for goods with prices below one euro sold in mid-priced stores. The paper also finds that …

In the current low interest rate environment in the euro area there is potential for a sudden increase in interest … rates and heightened interest rate risk (IRR). By using a sample of 81 euro area banks during the period 2014Q4-2018Q1 and a … the European Central Bank (ECB) reveal greater IRR exposure. These findings advance the debate on the impact on euro area …