The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it contributes to the long-running debate on the role of how uncertainty affects firms' investment decisions. Our results show that uncertainty is negatively correlated with investment. Secondly, it shows the desirability of a common European economic...

This paper reports tests of hypotheses that a variety of interest rates and other measures from financial markets in countries belonging to the European Monetary Union (EMU) were converging prior to the introduction of the euro in January 1999. We expected to find convergence because of i)...