financial assistance programmes (Greece and Portugal) to euro area countries with similar pre-crisis trajectories and …We study the social and distributional implications of the euro area (EA) sovereign debt crisis in countries that … interviews with households across euro area states carried out between 2004 and 2019, we show how disposable income and its …

This paper proposes a new approach to EMU governance and integration consisting of the following elements: (i) an … at each level of EMU integration that is politically feasible, in order to strengthen synergies between stability and …, enhancing its solidity and credibility (iv) initiatives towards deeper EMU integration should be undertaken where there is …

This article investigates by means of an augmented gravity model, the impact of EMU on financial market integration …. Our estimates indicate that intra-EMU integration effect improved in both equity and bond markets during the period close … 2001 (18% increase of EMU holdings) reflecting the beneficial impact of EMU and the introduction of the euro, while in the …

This paper, after reviewing briefly the early steps of European monetary integration and key elements of the EMU … member states, in particular that of Greece, in the 1990s which led to the adoption of the euro. From this analysis, a number … project as reflected in the Treaty of Maastricht, analyses the monetary integration strategy and convergence experience of …

institutional setup in the euro area are presented. The paper concludes with design shortcomings of this setup, the forces driving …

This study examines the asymmetric effects of uncertainties in monetary policy on the demand for money in Greece. In …

-energy goods and final consumption of energy in Greece and the euro area (EA) over the last two decades, considering five separate …The rapid expansion of non-oil goods exports in Greece during the last decade contributed to raising net exports …, despite the severe economic crisis the country was undergoing. Nevertheless, the EU’s overall energy consumption exhibited a …

international organisations, recording the performance of Greece and euro area countries over the last decade, on an annual basis … competitiveness, along with price competitiveness, has played an important role in determining exports in the euro area and in Greece … dimensions, both quantitative and qualitative, affecting a country’s trade and openness. Greece over time has lagged behind in …