We analyze the performance of the Maastricht convergence criteria (inflation, long-term interest rate, annual and … that the speed of the convergence processes for the monetary authority controlled variables (inflation and interest rates … ; Maastricht criteria ; heteroskedastic spline models ; ARCH regime shifts ; inflation ; public deficits ; interest rates and …

regularization penalties, and we use them in a substantive exploration of Eurozone inflation and real interest rate density forecasts …. All individual inflation forecasters (even the ex post best forecaster) are outperformed by our regularized mixtures. From …

inflation observed in the European catching-up countries, which suggests that other factors may be at play. In these and related … non-traded sectors) on the dual inflation differential is more than twice as large as that in the "flexible" countries. We … conclude that, in a catching-up country, premature euro adoption may foster excess inflation, beyond that which is to be …