We propose a new and time-varying optimum currency area (OCA) index for the euro area in assessing the evolution of the … autoregression (VAR) model. We argue that the euro area is more appropriate through the lens of empirical OCA properties when the … relative importance of common symmetric shocks is high, but, at the same time, is not overly dispersed across euro area member …

-anchored inflation dynamics in the euro area? This paper is the first time-varying event study to investigate the reaction of inflation …-linked swap (ILS) rates – a market-based measure of inflation expectations – to macroeconomic surprises in the euro area. Compared …

How sizable is the wealth effect on consumption in euro area countries? To address this question, we use newly … available harmonized euro area wealth data and the methodology in Carroll et al. (2011b). We find that the marginal propensity … to consume out of total wealth averaged across the largest euro area economies is around 3 cents per euro, with a …

Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms … remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral … euro's impact on financial integration is primarily driven by eliminating the currency risk. Legislative …

In the paper we investigate the empirical features of euro area money market turbulence during the recent financial …

This paper assesses the Euro's influence upon European trade by estimating two different indicators. The first is the … with its trade partners. This study of the Euro's influence by means of the Border Effect is a novelty in the literature …, it reveals that the Euro's influence upon trade is not so clear as papers focused only on the Rose Effect claim. This …

EAGLE, a large-scale multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model of the euro area. Social contributions paid by firms … Portugal. Third, the trade balance improves when the fiscal devaluation is enacted also in the rest of the euro area, albeit to …

This paper provides evidence on whether the creation of the euro has changed the way global turbulences affect euro … area and other economies. Specifically, it considers the impact of global shocks on the competitiveness of individual euro … over 60 countries' real effective exchange rates, including those of the individual euro area economies, and compares …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the interest rate pass-through of euro area monetary policy to retail … rates outside the euro area, contributing to the literature on the consequences of unofficial financial euroisation and on … all euro retail rates in euroised countries of central, eastern and south-eastern Europe (CESEE) are linked to the euro …

We estimate the shoe-leather costs of inflation in the euro area using monetary data adjusted for holdings of euro … anticipated inflation. We conclude that, despite the increased circulation of euro banknotes abroad, in the euro area the …