Member countries of the European Monetary Union (EMU) initiated wideranging labor market reforms in the last decade. This process is ongoing as countries that are faced with serious labor market imbalances perceive reforms as the fastest way to restore competitiveness within a currency union....

Member countries of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) initiated wide-ranging labour market reforms in the last decade. This process is ongoing as countries that are faced with serious labour market imbalances perceive reforms as the fastest way to restore competitiveness within a currency...

The failure of the Maastricht criteria delayed Estonia's accession to the European Monetary Union (EMU) until January 2011. During this time, trading shares with Eurozone countries declined, raising questions about the optimal accession time. In this study, the macroeconomic effects of...

In Ostdeutschland wurde durch eine schnelle Privatisierung der Banken und den Wiederaufbau der finanziellen Basis der Unternehmen über die Treuhand, das mit dem Transformationsprozess einhergehende Problem der Durchsetzung harter Budgetrestriktionen unterbunden. Demnach wäre eine Angleichung...