In this paper, we employ a block structured near-vector autoregression in order to compare the reactions to euro area shocks in four new member states (Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Romania) and in the old member states of the EU. The methodology adopted also allows us to study the...

The global financial crisis rapidly spread across borders and financial markets, and also distressed EU bond markets. The crisis did not hit all markets in the same way. We measure the strength and direction of linkages between 16 EU sovereign bond markets using a factor-augmented version of the...

The nature of fiscal policies was changed dramatically by the creation of the Eurozone. While prior to the start of the Eurozone, national governments were sovereign in that they could back up the issue of debt by the issue of money, they lost this sovereignty in the Eurozone. This had dramatic...

Long- and short-run current account balance (CAB) determinants of the nineteen Eurozone (EZ) member states vis-a-vis the United States (US) are examined. Particularly, the competitiveness of the EZ vs the US, the relationship between the current account deficit and the budget deficit (twin...

The first decade of Eurozone economic policy is marked by complacency, passivity and ultimately failure, as seen by Eloi Laurent.

Bei der Diskussion um die Staatsschuldenkrise wird häufig vergessen, dass die Finanzkrise die eigentliche Ursache für den Anstieg der Staatsverschuldung in den einzelnen Staaten war. Eine unsolide Haushaltspolitik lässt sich bei den finanzschwachen Ländern - mit Ausnahme von Griechenland -...