The conference aims to bring together academics, researchers in central banks and policy-makers to discuss the existing empirical evidence on structural changes brought about, either directly or indirectly, by the introduction of the euro in five areas: Trade integration Structural reforms in...

Over the past five years, substantial experience with money market operations by the Eurosystem has been gained. Moreover, from March 2004, further important changes to the Eurosystem's framework for monetary policy implementation have come into effect. In light of these changes, and given the...