creditworthiness and European integration -- Still the 'old' Europe? historical legacies and long-term political challenges -- The … Achilles heel of post-war European integration : endogenous preference formation and the boundaries of creditor-state power …

-country annual data where trade integration, sectoral specialisation and financial integration are considered endogenous. Our results … suggest that deeper trade and financial integration had strong direct positive effects on the synchronisation of Irish … positive effect on trade and financial integration. The adoption of the euro has led to more synchronised business cycles …