the euro area. Equally importantly, economies with a weaker track record in terms of economic and institutional quality …

We examine the euro area monetary policy transmission process using post-1999 data, with two main questions in mind …

This paper provides evidence on whether the creation of the euro has changed the way global turbulences affect euro … area and other economies. Specifically, it considers the impact of global shocks on the competitiveness of individual euro … over 60 countries.real effective exchange rates, including those of the individual euro area economies, and compares …

estimate a Markov switching VAR for the euro area and the US, including additionally GDP, CPI and a short-term interest rate …. We find evidence for two distinct states in both regions. For the euro area, we find a regime which is correlated to the …