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 … flows but reduces incentives for horizontal or market seeking FDI. Instead, horizontal FDI flows stemming from investor …

Within a two-step GARCH framework we explore the linkages between equity returns of ten sectors in the euro area, the …. Spillover effects of aggregate market innovations have generally outweighed intra-sectoral spillover effects. Overall, the … process towards higher integration has been primarily a phenomenon of equity markets in the euro area and the United States. …

We examine the euro area monetary policy transmission process using post-1999 data, with two main questions in mind … data limitations, we concentrate on three blocks of transmission: the banking, interest-rate and asset-market channels. We …. On the financial-market channels, our evidence is somewhat weaker but suggestive. The interest-rate channel appears to …

Four years after the introduction of the euro, this paper provides an overview of the current structure and integration … of the euro area financial systems and related policy initiatives. We first compare the euro area financial structure … with that of the United States and Japan. Using new and comprehensive financial account data, we also describe how the euro …

autarchic (i.e. fundamental) FX returns. The model is calibrated and tested on the Czech koruna/euro exchange rate in a setting … with seven Czech and euro area asset returns. …