This paper investigates whether comovements between euro area equity returns at national and industry level have … changed after the introduction of the euro. By adopting a regression quantile-based methodology, we find that after 1999 the … degree of comovements among euro area national equity markets has augmented. By explicitly controlling for the impact of …

economies (EMEs) on configurations between the US dollar, the euro and the yen. Given the difficulty that fixed or managed US … have a statistically but also an economically significant impact on the euro, and to a lesser extent the yen against the US … the appreciation of the euro against the US dollar in recent years. Interestingly, EME policy-makers appear to have become …

We present a new approach to study empirically the effect of the introduction of the euro on currency invoicing. Our … home currency invoicing after the introduction of the euro. In addition, the euro as a vehicle currency has overtaken the … role of the US dollar in Norwegian imports. The econometric analysis shows a significant effect of euro introduction above …

In this paper we examine changes on investment decisions induced by the introduction of the Euro. There are two … potential sources of portfolio reallocation. First, the introduction of the Euro diminished exchange rate risks within the EMU …

widely expected that the euro will become an important international currency. This paper suggests simple methods how to …. Estimates presented indicate that the euro may indeed lead to a significant decline in the market share of the dollar as an … assumption that the euro will achieve a reputation similar to that of the deutschmark before EMU. The projected shifts can be …

economic booms in some peripheral Euro-zone countries financed by large capital inflows; the credit and asset price booms and … Latin American audiences. For those Euro-zone countries that built up large Euro-denominated external liabilities, Latin …

the introduction of the euro, trade imbalances among euro area members widened considerably, even after allowing for … within the euro area; a surplus of a country in a bilateral trade relationship is typically accompanied by a country …

of 18 European countries over the period from 1948 through 2008. We find that, with the introduction of the euro, trade … imbalances among euro area members widened considerably, even after allowing for permanent asymmetries in trade competitiveness … within pairs of countries or in the overall trade competitiveness of individual countries. Intra-euro area imbalances also …