In this Paper, we document how in the wake of monetary unification the markets for euro area sovereign and private …-sector bonds have become increasingly integrated. Issuers and investors alike have come to regard the euro area bond market as a … EMU. The persistence of small and variable yield differentials for sovereign debt under EMU indicates that euro area bonds …

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 …