It is widely recognised that the "one-size-fits-all" monetary policy of the euro-zone is a potential problem. How much … of a problem has not been much investigated. It is argued in this paper that it may result in the euro not being … competitiveness. A formal theory of inflation in the euro-zone based on an open-economy version of the New Keynesian model is used to …

This paper considers the estimation of a number of commonly used single-equation linear models, all of which have … proposed in each case. The choice of estimation method is usually represented as a trade-off between efficiency on the one hand … of an efficient estimation method depends on whether or not the model has a unique solution and often this will not be …