This study assesses the degree of financial integration for a selected number of new EU member states between … themselves and with the euro zone. Within the framework of a factor model for market returns, we measure integration as the … amount of variance explained by the common factor relative to the local components. We show that this measure of integration …

This paper discusses a wide range of indicators of the degree of integration of the euro area banking system. It is …

results are not unequivocal and considerable differences remain, leaving scope for further integration. In terms of clustering …

This study assesses the degree of financial integration for a selected number of new EU member states between … themselves and with the euro zone. Within the framework of a factor model for market returns, we measure integration as the … amount of variance explained by the common factor relative to the local components. We show that this measure of integration …

We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 over the period 1970-2006 using stationarity and … policy was sustainable both for the EU15 panel set, and within subperiods (1970-1991 and 1992-2006). …

We use a 3-step analysis to assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU27. Firstly, we perform the SURADF … and revenues via SUR analysis. While results imply that public finances were not unsustainable for the EU panel, fiscal …

, in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States. Using panel estimations for the period between 1995 and 2006, we …