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This paper provides an update on the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) estimates for 12 Euro area (EA) countries. First …-through elasticities, we find very weak evidence of a decline around the inception of the euro in 1999. However, our results reveal that a …
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the exchange rates of three Central and Eastern European (CEE) currencies against the euro. First we estimate the nominal …
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prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life … responses quantified in this paper point towards important heterogeneity in monetary-policy transmission within the euro area …
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By using a model of trade union behaviour Grüner (2010) argues that the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) led to lower wage growth and lower unemployment in participating countries. Following Grüner's model, monetary centralization lets the central bank react less flexibly to...
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This paper studies the dynamics of volatility transmission between Central European currencies and euro/dollar foreign … significant spillovers running from euro/dollar to the Central European foreign exchange markets. To measure the overall magnitude …
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no evidence of a euro effect on trade flows among early euro adopters up to the year 2002. Second, this finding is robust … to extending the sample period to incorporate data up to 2013, covering five additional euro accessions. Third, while … there is no robust evidence of a euro effect, there is evidence that intra-EU trade flows have expanded faster than the …
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balances, the common monetary policy may not be optimal for all of them. Euro area imbalances for potential output and for …
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The paper uses fiscal reaction functions for a panel of euro-area countries to investigate whether euro membership has … the euro. While we find some evidence for such a loss in prudence, the results are not robust to changes in the …
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We estimate that the euro has increased trade within the eurozone by about 26 percent and trade between the eurozone … significant and substantial effects on the extensive margin of trade. The euro effects were concentrated to semi-finished and …
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This paper examines the demand and supply shocks observed in the present Eurozone member states and those observed in … some neighboring countries. The analysis is based on recent data and each Eurozone member country is compared with an … aggregate series corresponding to an area made up of the entire Eurozone minus the country being compared. The results of the …
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