We model economic policy uncertainty (EPU) in the four largest euro area countries by applying machine learning …

In this paper we investigate the impact of the euro integration process on the drivers of FDI inflows. We show … bilateral gravity models of FDI inflows into euro area countries, we show that the euro facilitates intra-euro area vertical FDI … countries located outside the monetary union increase. Such flows are however not more likely be directed towards euro area …

We investigate the public-private wage differentials in ten euro area countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany …

a medium term horizon. -- Current account ; capital flows ; financial integration ; central and eastern Europe ; panel …

in time. In particular, the model would have pointed early on to emerging vulnerabilities in all the euro area countries … that registered severe recessions in the years after 2007. We also show that the model can be applied beyond the euro area …