With the elimination of foreign exchange risk among the E.M.U.-member countries, the yield of, say, French benchmark government bonds (henceforth, the yield) should be equal to that of German bonds, plus some credit and liquidity premia. Since both premia are not likely to change substantially...

Die rechtliche Beurteilung von Emissionshandelssystemen (EHS) muss auf nationaler und gemeinschaftsweiter Ebene erfolgen. Bislang konnten die relevanten Aspekte auch von Experten nur allgemein diskutiert werden, da noch keine konkreten Regeln zur Ausgestaltung von Emissionshandelssystemen...

This paper empirically assesses the impact of specialisation on the synchronisation of regional business cycles in two core countries of EMU, namely France and Germany. Several specialisation indices are introduced and some first stylised facts about interregional business cycle correlations are...

This paper presents an estimated DSGE model for the European Monetary Union. Our approach, contrary to the previous studies, accounts for heterogeneity within the euro area. We advance the empirical literature by estimating an open-economy model with unfiltered data, which is a much more...