. We analyse the convergence of interest rates in four major EMU countries from 1999 to 2007. We suggest to test the … convergence of the interest rates with the full term structure of interest rates with both univariate and multivariate inference …

The introduction of Euro currency was a game-changing event intended to induce convergence of …

In our analysis, we examine the convergence of all recent ten European Union (EU) members to EU standards. Novel … features of the paper include more complete measures of convergence, in particular fiscal convergence; a broader examination of … inflation convergence with respect to the Maastricht benchmark as well as the European Central Bank’s inflation objective; and …

This study mainly examines the role of macroeconomic policy variables associated with Maastricht Convergence Criteria … (MC), using various approaches to analyze comparatively differences in growth and convergence in income, productivity, and … on estimations, convergence was found to be conditional rather than unconditional, except with respect to unemployment …

The paper deals with assessing the common trends in business cycle similarity and convergence in Europe. The main goal … of the paper is to identify common cyclical co-movements and trends in convergence among the European countries so that …-movements, trends of convergence and divergence are identified using correlation analysis. Particularly, actual cross correlation and …