six Euro-area countries over the period 2004-2011. As a first step, the supposed non stationarity of the two series is …

We show that Eurozone bank risks during 2007-2012 can be understood as a "carry trade" behavior. Bank equity returns …

-study approach and yields on euro-denominated sovereign bonds, dollar-denominated sovereign bonds, corporate bonds, and corporate CDS …

eurozone countries. By emphasizing several econometric approaches (nonlinear regression, quantile regression and Bayesian … their sovereign debt and fiscal situations. Thus, the integration among the different eurozone countries is stable, and the …

We construct credit risk indicators for euro area banks and non-financial corporations. These are the average spreads … on the yield of euro area private sector bonds relative to the yield on German federal government securities of matched …-financial and financial firms increasingly reflect national rather than euro area financial conditions. Consistent with this view …

now highly-sensitive GIIPS group and other European country groupings (EU and Euro Area excluding GIIPS, and the non … in GIIPS to other euro countries is not evident once own-country credit rating changes are taken into account …

Using new data on security-level portfolio holdings by investor type and across countries in the euro area, we study …% of ECB purchases are sold by non-euro area investors, and we do not find evidence that risks get concentrated in certain …

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 …

exist in most Eurozone countries. Although the European Central Bank managed the euro in a way that achieved a low rate of …The creation of the euro should now be recognized as an experiment that has led to the sovereign debt crisis in several … monetary union. The emergence of these problems just a dozen years after the start of the euro in 1999 was not an accident or …

This study grounds the establishment of EMU and the euro in the context of the history of international monetary … for a more expansive monetary policy. Such demands might arise in some parts or regions or countries of the euro area, but …