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We study the determinants of sovereign bond spreads in the euro area since the introduction of the euro. We show that an aggregate risk factor is a main driver of spreads. This factor also plays an important indirect role for risk spreads through its interaction with the size and structure of...
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European treaty. Moreover, as long as the distance to the core of the EMU countries is still large, real convergence criteria …
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Der vorliegende Diskussionsbeitrag entstand im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes über die monetäre Integration von fünf mittel- und osteuropäischen EU-Beitrittskandidaten (Polen, Tschechische Republik, Ungarn, Slowenien und Estland). Das hier vorgestellte Kapitel geht auf die...
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Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Slovenia and Poland) which are interested in becoming soon members of EMU. The approach chosen …
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Der vorliegende Diskussionsbeitrag entstand im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes über die monetäre Integration von fünf mittel- und osteuropäischen EU-Beitrittskandidaten (Estland, Polen, Slowenien, Tschechische Republik und Ungarn). Während die vorangegangenen Kapitel des Projekts die Vor-...
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Leaving EMU would create great legal uncertainty and costly litigation and would hence involve extremely high costs for … scenarios, whereby particular emphasis is paid to the case where a country decides unilaterally to leave EMU either because of …, implying a non-trivial possibility of escalating tension among the EMU members. …
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years. Some studies aim at analysing the suitability of these Euro aspirants for currency union with EMU by evaluating the … present EMU and use a structural VAR approach to evaluate EMU suitability of the candidate countries. To correct for the …
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This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of anticipated and unanticipated foreign price increases of imported raw materials for a small two-country monetary union, which is simultaneously characterized by asymmetric wage adjustments and asymmetric interest rate sensitivities of private...
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It is now a few years since the introduction of the common currency, and Europe is still experiencing high unemployment. The conventional logic attributes this problem to strong trade unions and other flaws in the labour market. This article takes a different approach. Using a game theoretic...
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Wenige Jahre nach der Etablierung der EWU zeigt sich ein gespaltenes Bild. Trotz unbestreitbarer Erfolge bei der Sicherung von Preisstabilität scheint die Beschäftigungs-Performance des Euroraums getrübt. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die These vertreten, dass dies auch an einer mangelhaften...
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