A major economic reason for the introduction of the euro was its supposedly positive effect on intra-EMU trade …. Existing studies examine this suspicion indirectly using non-EMU data and report ambiguous results. We estimate the euro …-effect directly from data that include EMU observations. Using a dynamic panel model for annual bilateral exports, we find that the …

cycles among members of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) which might arise due to the lack of country-specific monetary …

A major economic reason for the introduction of the euro was its supposedly positive effect on intra-EMU trade …. Existing studies examine this suspicion indirectly using non-EMU data and report ambiguous results. We estimate the euro …-effect directly from data that include EMU observations. Using a dynamic panel model for annual bilateral exports, we find that the …

-fledged pan-ECOWAS MU is not advisable. It is also found that members of the European Monetary Union (EMU) tend to be a better fit …

-Zone never fulfilled the most crucial preconditions of an optimal currency area. The peg to the EMU, orientated at the interests …

Integration into the European Monetary Union (EMU) and adoption of Euro became a specific objective for Eastern …

conversion rates between the euro and the currencies of EMU members states. Current EU legislation, notably the Maastricht Treaty … prices of EMU member currencies against the euro. Unfortunately, most of these have potentially damaging side effects. One …, allows a highly credible preannouncement of the bilateral currency conversion factors to be set at the start of EMU. That …