warranted. To make this claim, this paper uses a Propensity Score Matching Model to produce counterfactuals for the Eurozone … crisis countries (Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Cyprus, Spain) based on over 200 past macroeconomic adjustment episodes between … more in the Eurozone periphery than in the standard counterfactual scenario. These results are not dictated by any specific …

Germany as center countries with rising / high current account deficits (US) and surpluses (Germany). These are matched by … analysis extends from 1981-2008, the results for Germany mostly capture the situation before the euro was created. - Global …

This study inspects if there is greater convergence with Germany amongst the Eurozone founding members and if their … significantly endogenous. At the same time, to assess the relative dominance of Germany, the features against Germany are compared … remarkable convergence with Germany and across the states but also relative convergence with US. On economic erformance, results …

Germany as center countries with rising/high current account deficits (US) and surpluses (Germany). These are matched by … analysis extends from 1981-2008, the results for Germany mostly capture the situation before the euro was created …