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This research note discusses the Euro crisis in Greece in light of the referendum of July the 5th. It lays out the …
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We begin by examining determinants of aggregate foreign exchange reserve holdings by central banks (size of issuing country's economy and financial markets, ability of the currency to hold value, and inertia). But understanding the determination of reserve holdings probably requires going beyond...
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Many central banks whose exchange rate regimes are classified as flexible are reluctant to let the exchange rate fluctuate. This phenomenon is known as "fear of floating". We present a simple theory in which fear of floating emerges as an optimal policy outcome. The key feature of the model is...
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that the euro triggered product but neither labour nor financial market reforms. Differently from previous studies, we find … that: (a) the Single Market has similar effects to the euro, and (b) sectoral heterogeneity appears less important in …
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At a time of historic challenges to the viability of the Eurozone, we assess the contribution of the EU and the Euro to … between member countries whether or not members have also adopted the Euro. The Euro adoption as well as the anticipation of … the Euro adoption has minimal effects on market integration …
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Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms … remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral … euro's impact on financial integration is primarily driven by eliminating the currency risk. Legislative …
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We ask whether Poland is at risk of the boom-bust problem that has afflicted economies around the time of euro adoption … from expectations of euro adoption will further feed that boom. On the other hand the fact that interest rates have already … converged part way to euro-area levels (and more extensively than in earlier adopters that experienced a sharp fall in rates and …
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The creation of the euro should now be recognized as an experiment that has led to the sovereign debt crisis in several … exist in most Eurozone countries. Although the European Central Bank managed the euro in a way that achieved a low rate of …The emergence of these problems just a dozen years after the start of the euro in 1999 was not an accident or the …
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We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...
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This paper investigates the East African Community (EAC) partner states' readiness for a common currency. It uses recent data to assess the impact of policy coordination in the region during the last seven years of East African Monetary Union's protocol implementation. Despite some similarities...
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