The single currency of the Eurozone is experiencing difficulties due to a number of factors. One is the lack of … system, both in terms of currency problems and debt. While Greece, Italy and Portugal loom large on the Eurozone horizon of …

levels and different maturity structures. The monetary-fiscal nexus is central to the functioning of the euro area. We focus … Euro Area countries. For comparison we also estimate the fiscal consequences of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England …

economic variables determine a given country's currency bloc affiliation. The dollar bloc differs from the euro bloc in that …

economic variables determine a given country’s currency bloc affiliation. The dollar bloc differs from the euro bloc in that …

This paper investigates whether comovements between euro area equity returns at national and industry level have … changed after the introduction of the euro. By adopting a regression quantile-based methodology, we find that after 1999 the … degree of comovements among euro area national equity markets has augmented. By explicitly controlling for the impact of …