others used the gravity model on a much smaller data set to estimate the effects of the euro on trade among its members. The … that were estimated in the euro's first four years hold up in the second four years? The answer is yes. Second, and more … explanations for the gap between 15% and 200%. First, lags. The euro is still very young. Second, size. The European countries are …

. The main issue we focus on is how the euro may alter the responsiveness of consumer prices to exchange rate changes. Our … central conjectures is that the acceptance of the euro will lead European prices to become more insulated from exchange …

At a time of historic challenges to the viability of the Eurozone, we assess the contribution of the EU and the Euro to … segmentation is significantly lower for EU versus non- EU members. Bilateral valuation differentials remain lower for EU members …, financial regulation, and interest rate differences. Importantly, we find that EU membership reduces equity market segmentation …

The creation of the euro should now be recognized as an experiment that has led to the sovereign debt crisis in several … exist in most Eurozone countries. Although the European Central Bank managed the euro in a way that achieved a low rate of … monetary union. The emergence of these problems just a dozen years after the start of the euro in 1999 was not an accident or …

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 …

but also spilled over beyond the euro area. Lower interest rates allowed peripheral countries to run bigger deficits … analyze the geography of international debt flows using multiple data sources and provide evidence that after the euro … euro area …

This paper documents the evidence for a productivity based model of the dollar/euro real exchange rate over the 1985 … the Johansen (1988) and Stock-Watson (1993) procedures. We find that each percentage point in the US-Euro area …

propose a comprehensive description of how monetary policy affects the euro area economy. We focus mainly on three questions …) if not, is the bank lending channel a likely candidate to complete the story? We find plausible euro-area wide monetary … (relative to consumption) seems to play a larger role in euro area monetary policy transmission than in the U.S. We cannot …