exchange rate models for the synthetic euro. Using the same data set, variable definitions and sample period offers the … ECB's small-sized euro area wide macro-economic model. In this order the approaches feature an increasing degree of … results confirm the high likelihood for the euro having been undervalued in Q4 2000, while stressing the significant empirical …

This paper applies the identified VAR methodology to synthetic euro area data from 1980 till 1998 to study the macro …-economic effects of an unexpected change in monetary policy in the euro area. The focus is on the area-wide monetary transmission. It … is shown that the overall macro-economic effects of a monetary policy shock in the euro area are very similar to those …

in an estimated DSGE model of euro area. We then analyse its impact on optimal monetary policy and investigate the …

. Our results show that given the current degree of openness of the US and euro area economies, the gains from monetary …

-up are the most important source of inflation variability in the euro area. This article shows that an empirically plausible …

developments in the euro area since the start of EMU. …

the effects of monetary policy shocks on wages and employment in the euro area. The use of a large data set comprising … country, sectoral and euro area-wide data allows us to better identify common monetary policy shocks in the euro area and …