Since the start of EMU national fiscal policy in the Eurozone can be conducted almost without paying any attention to … the fiscal balance - a result backing an optimistic view on fiscal discipline under EMU. On the other hand, however, there … is the result that a high degree of openness has a deficit reducing impact. This is a worrying result in the EMU context …

This paper examines how the pass-through of monetary policy measures in 6 EMU countries has evolved over time and …

No one seems to be neutral about the effects of EMU on the German economy. Roughly speaking, there are two camps: those … stability. From a broader macroeconomic perspective, however, it is clear that EMU is unlikely to cause directly any meaningful …

anchor, it is essential, especially for the case of peripheral EMU countries, to complement these measures with other …