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 …

, particularly during different crisis type periods and origins. Foreign state-controlled banks' loan growth rates are higher than … credit growth during a home banking crisis, while foreign private-owned banks increase lending in the host countries … structure during the global financial crisis of 2008 and gain in importance in the post-crisis period. …

Luxembourg firms during the years of economic and financial crisis (2008-09) and the subsequent European sovereign debt crisis … concerns about labour cost pressures and unavailability of skilled labour. The crisis saw a surge in firms using STWAs. The …

recent crisis. On the wider economic impact of STW, we show that firms using the schemes are significantly less likely to lay …

developments in the euro area since the adoption of the euro in 1999, going through four cyclical phases "conditioning" ECB …

Within a two-step GARCH framework we explore the linkages between equity returns of ten sectors in the euro area, 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 …

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. …

volatility risk, for dollar, euro and pound rates at a daily frequency, between October 1998 and August 2006. The measurement of … structure, more evident for dollar and euro rates than for pound rates. The volatility risk premium is strongly changing through …. The latter induce more sizeable changes on compensation for volatility risk of dollar rates than of euro or pound rates …