The euro is the second most important global currency after the US dollar. However, its international role has not … increased since its inception in 1999. The private sector prefers using the US dollar rather than the euro because the financial … the attractiveness of the euro outside the euro area requires, among others, a proactive role for the European Central …

In this paper we investigate the impact of the euro integration process on the drivers of FDI inflows. We show … bilateral gravity models of FDI inflows into euro area countries, we show that the euro facilitates intra-euro area vertical FDI … countries located outside the monetary union increase. Such flows are however not more likely be directed towards euro area …

All explorations of the future of the Euro show serious risks for its survival in the present form. The road map of the … Five EU Presidents presented in 2015 is far from sufficient to reduce the risks of the Euro zone falling apart by Brexit … risk of the Euro‐area falling apart in a chaotic way, through further divergence in labor productivity, through new Banking …

studies examining the effect of euro on bilateral trade and we found that publication bias in this area of research is … diminishing. This study finds the effect of euro on bilateral trade to be between 2 and 6%. Using meta regression we conclude that …

Should we blame the euro for widening of current account deficits in the EMU? In this paper, we employ time … of the euro. Our aim is to assess to what extent the increased current account deficits could be attributed to the single … currency and to the role of other variables, especially fiscal policy and developments of financial sector. We show that euro …

of history confirm the stability of the euro as a single currency in the region and it is seen as a great achievement of …

In this paper, sound public finances under the euro means sustainability in the long term instead of short- and medium …-term fiscal discipline. The challenges to sustainability are identified for the four largest euro area member states, and several … resort for a euro area government under liquidity shortage to prevent it from developing into a general financial crisis …