This paper investigates whether or not the adoption of the Euro has facilitated the introduction of structural reforms … theoretical arguments that may link the adoption of the Euro and structural reforms, we investigate the empirical evidence. We … find that the adoption of the Euro has been associated with an acceleration of the pace of structural reforms in the …

We test whether and how the adoption of the euro, narrowly defined as the end of competitive devaluations, has affected … euro has been accompanied by a reallocation of activity within rather than across sectors. Since its adoption, productivity … growth has been relatively stronger in country-sectors that once relied more on competitive devaluations to regain price …

This paper tests whether trade in new goods is partially responsible for the pro-trade effects of the euro and provides …-firms trade model in a multi-country environment to structure our empirical model, we find that the euro had a positive impact on … the pro-trade effect of euro-usage on non-Euroland nations trading with euro-users. We confirmed the absence of trade …

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 …

-series data for 21 EU countries from year 1998 to 2007 from various data resources. We provide strong evidence that the price gap … share of ad valorem tax in total excise tax leads to about a 4 to 5 percent increase in the price gap, with a smaller impact …

differences in price levels. Our findings are as follows: (i) Quality is a crucial determinant of price differences. Even in an …'s share of international price dispersion. (ii) Sizable international price differentials subsist even for the same television … sets. The average bilateral price difference is as high as 80 euros, or 8% of the average TV price in our sample. (iii) EMU …