point to large and persistent swings in productivity, both favorable and adverse, originating in the US but not transmitted …-specific technological change enjoyed in the US during the 1990s, it also escaped the stagnation in neutral technological progress that … plagued the US in the 1970s …

At a time of historic challenges to the viability of the Eurozone, we assess the contribution of the EU and the Euro to … segmentation is significantly lower for EU versus non- EU members. Bilateral valuation differentials remain lower for EU members …, financial regulation, and interest rate differences. Importantly, we find that EU membership reduces equity market segmentation …

Using a small empirical model of inflation, output, and money estimated on U.S. data, we compare the relative …

-Saxon countries (the US and the UK), two Continental European countries (France and Germany) and two Scandinavian countries (Norway … probabilities observed in US, with mixed success in Europe. In contrast, matching shocks and job destruction shocks play a larger … role in most European countries relative to the US …

substantial salary differences between parliamentarians representing different EU countries. Starting in July 2009, the salary of … each member of the Parliament is pegged to 38.5% of a European Court judge's salary, paid by the EU. This created an …