With the successful launch of the euro, the previously national interbank bank markets have been integrated at once in … a unified euro interbank market, outstanding public debt has been redenominated in euro, trading conventions harmonised …, and all EMU stock markets have started quoting in euro. This does not, however, bring Euroland at once to a US …

"This paper deals with potential instabilities in the Eurozone stemming from an insufficient interplay between monetary … policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we … are now appearing within the Euro area which threaten its long-term cohesiveness. The most manifest example of this threat …

We analyze the benefits and costs of a non-euro country opting-in to the banking union. The decision to opt-in depends …, non-euro countries participating in the banking union will not be on equal footing with euro area members. Analysis …-capitalized backstops is established it may be optimal for a non-euro country to join the banking union upon the euro adoption. Assessing …

We analyze the benefits and costs of a non-euro country opting-in to the banking union. The decision to opt-in depends …, non-euro countries participating in the banking union will not be on equal footing with euro area members. Analysis …-capitalized backstops is established it may be optimal for a non-euro country to join the banking union upon the euro adoption. Assessing …