We examine the dynamics of bank lending to the private sector for countries of theEuro area by applying a Markov switching error correction model. We identify forBelgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal stable, mean reverting regimes andunstable regimes with no tendency to return to the long term...

We use a two-country model with a central bank maximizing union-wide welfareand two fiscal authorities minimizing comparable, but slightly differentcountry-wide losses. We analyze the rivalry between the three authorities inseven static games. Comparing a homogeneous with a heterogeneous...

Das vorliegende Papier beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie viele ausländische Euro-Münzenpro Tag in ein Euro-Land einströmen. Dafür formulieren wir ein kleines formalmathematischesModell, das wir für den Fall Deutschlands und 1-Euro-Münzen kalibrieren.Die Einführung der Euro-Münzen 2002...

Existing work on wage bargaining (as exemplified by Cukierman and Lippi, 2001) typicallypredicts more aggressive wage setting under monetary union. This insight has not beenconfirmed by the EMU experience, which has been characterised by wage moderation,thereby eliciting criticism from Posen and...