The aim of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of risk sharing mechanisms in the euro area and whether a … euro area countries over the period 1979-2010, the results of the paper show that: (i) the effectiveness of risk sharing … mechanisms in the euro area is significantly lower than in existing federations (such as the U.S. and Germany) and (ii) it falls …

size of euro capital markets and the existing roles of European currencies in international capital markets. The paper also … examines the euro’s impact on international securities markets, including the role of the ECB, the evolution of EMU securities …, as are the broader implications of the introduction of the euro for changes in international capital flows, international …

The success of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) will depend on the stability of the euro. The monetary policy … inflation targeting rule that includes output. Implications for the euro as a reserve currency are examined in the light of the …

The paper compares the degree of capital market integration across euro-area countries with that across regions in … capital flows within the euro area that would entail sizable shifts in countries’ equilibrium current accounts …

over the period from 1948 through 2008. We find that, with the introduction of the euro, trade imbalances among euro area … tends to be more balanced when nominal exchange rates are flexible. Intra-euro area imbalances also seem to have become more … persistent with the introduction of the euro, some of which is linked to labor market inflexibility. Reviewing the direction of …

This paper explores inflation determinants within the EU and implications for new members'' euro adoption plans. Factor …