In 2007, countries in the Euro periphery were enjoying stable growth, low deficits, and low spreads. Then the financial … other countries in the Eurozone, and how they may be addressed by policies at the European level …

effects. The announcement of an ECB euro liquidity line decreases the premium paid by foreign agents to borrow euros in FX … equity prices increase by around 1.75% in euro area countries highly exposed via banking linkages to countries whose …

of them have been tracking either the euro or the US dollar in recent years. Eight countries, all of them current or … aspiring EU members, track the euro. Of the five countries keying on the US dollar in various degrees, all but one belong to … the Commonwealth of Independent States. The paper shows that the extent to which each country's currency tracks the euro …

This paper presents a novel approach to investigate and model the network of euro area banks' large exposures within … risk of the euro area banking system based on bilateral linkages. We develop a Contagion Mapping model fully calibrated … tipping points shifting the euro area banking system from a less vulnerable state to a highly vulnerable state are a non …