French taxpayer. In the aftermath of the devaluation of the Franc CFA in 1994, and of the peg of the currency to the Euro in …-Zone never fulfilled the most crucial preconditions of an optimal currency area. The peg to the EMU, orientated at the interests …

. The use of the euro as a formal parallel currency in accession countries prior to EMU membership (or even prior to EU … accession and during the period following EU accession but prior to EMU membership. We conclude that from an economic point of … view, EMU membership should be as early as possible, preferably at the same time as EU membership. The prevailing …

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 …

French taxpayer. In the aftermath of the devaluation of the Franc CFA in 1994, and of the peg of the currency to the Euro in …, as the CFA - Zone never fulfilled the most crucial preconditions of an optimal currency area. The peg to the EMU …

Integration into the European Monetary Union (EMU) and adoption of Euro became a specific objective for Eastern … proposed set of indicators and it is estimated Balassa-Samuelson Effect on non-Euro countries. …

gradually in the course of the last 15 years in EMU countries, as well as the UK, the US and the German Lander. The euro, as …Study on sovereign bond market integration and the role of the euro, trading platforms and globalisation. We … disentangle different driving factors of sovereign bond market integration by studying yield co-movements of EMU countries, the UK …