This study is a collection of essays on monetary-fiscal interactions within the European Monetary Union (EMU). Our … aim of providing a comprehensive overview of the fiscal architecture of the EMU is feasible only by means of a close link …

This dissertation studies the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and itseffects on foreign exchange markets and … I find that PPP during the common currency regimeholds in fewer EMU countries than during the alternative exchange rate … after the introduction of the euro for the EMU countries asopposed to the non-EMU countries. I do not obtain strong evidence …

Monetary Union is analyzed, taking a modified Galí/Monacelli New-Keynesian model for the EMU as a basis. In the second part …