De Santis, Roberto A. (contributor); … - 2006
, the bond market; thereby, enhancing regional financial integration in the euro area. Beside the effect of the EMU, the … section of countries over the 1997 to 2001 period. We first argue that financial integration is not a global phenomenon, as …, we show that the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) eased the access to the equity market and, to a larger extent …