, fluctuations in the Swiss franc against the euro have been surprisingly moderate. The Swiss franc has thus tracked the euro … monetary policy with the new landscape defined by EMU. Four hypotheses of euro tracking are considered. …

originated from the financial convergence that followed adoption of the euro. …

The initial introduction of the euro has, against many expectations, been accompanied by a decline in the value of the … euro (notably vis-à-vis the dollar and sterling). It has also been introduced at a time of high levels of unemployment … the euro, specifically from the policy and institutional arrangements within which the euro is embedded. It is the …

The effect of the single currency on the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis is examined in this study for the 15 … EU countries, vis a vis the US dollar, before and after the advent of the euro. Standard as well as nonlinear unit root … the introduction of the single currency. Panel unit root (Pesaran, 2007) and stationarity tests (Hadri and Kurozumi, 2008 …

This paper investigates trade effects of the euro focusing on the impact on bystanders. A common currency is expected … to lower both variable and fixed trade costs, inducing increased trade flows between currency-union members on both … of the euro on Swedish exports. We consider variations in the impact of the euro taking both firm, industry and export …

This paper explores the evolution and determinants of public support for the euro since its creation in 1999 until the … end of 2017, thereby covering the pre-crisis experience of the euro, the crisis years and the recent recovery. Using … public support for the euro. First, we find that a majority of respondents support the euro in nearly all 19 euro area member …