Essays about: "EMU"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 90 essays containing the word EMU.

1. 26. The Crime of Fiscal Neglect and Punishment of High Rates – A Panel Study for EMU

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Ahlqvist; [2016]
   Keywords : EMU; Long-term Interest Rates; Government Debt; Fiscal Deficits; GIIPS; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines long-term interest rates and fiscal liabilities within EMU in the context of the recent sovereign debt crisis; where Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain faced rising interest rates in contrast to the rest of the EMU. An assessment of the short and long-run properties of long rates, fiscal deficits and government debt are estimated for 11 EMU countries in the time span 1999-2015. READ MORE

3. 27. Integration in the Time of Crisis: A historic case study on European economic integration 2010-2012

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Jack Westlin; [2016]
   Keywords : Liberal Intergovernmentalism; Historical Institutionalism; Principal-agent theory; European integration; ECB; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a historical case study on the European integration between 2010-2012. The aim of the study is twofold. First it has a descriptive approach, focusing on the nature and extent of the integration. The second part is theory testing. READ MORE

4. 28. An ever closer Economic and Monetary Union? Integrational dynamics in the Fiscal and Banking Union in a post-crisis era

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Fabian Tschech; [2016]
   Keywords : Economic and Monetary Union; European Integration; Neofunctionalism; Contract Theory; Banking Union; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The study reformulates neofunctionalism as a theory of regional integration by adding insights from liberal intergovernmentalism and the theory of incomplete contracts which has been developed in new institutional economics. This framework is then applied to the integration processes that have been undertaken in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union (EU) since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008. READ MORE

5. 29. Volatility and Contagion Effect from US and GIIPS to the Largest European Economies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nerea Landa Vallejo; [2016]
   Keywords : contagion; GIIPS; subprime; eurozone; spillover; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research paper explores the nature of the mean and volatility spillovers from the US and aggregate GIIPS to the largest GDP countries for the EMU and non-EMU countries. I develop a three step univariate volatility spillover model followed by Christiansen (2007) and Ng (2000) to analyze the relevance of local (own country), regional (aggregate GIIPS) and global (US) shocks. READ MORE

6. 30. Estimating the trade effects from Finland’s membership in the Euro: What are the lessons for Sweden?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ebba Lindahl; [2016]
   Keywords : Currency union; EMU; Euro; trade; gravity model; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The European Monetary Union was formed over a decade ago with a mission to create a single market with a single currency for the European Union members. Today only 19 out of the European Union members have adopted the official common currency, the Euro. READ MORE