European Financial Markets after Emu: A First Assessment

Posted: 27 Oct 2000

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Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden

Universitaet Mannheim; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Francesco Giavazzi

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Jean-Pierre Danthine

University of Lausanne - Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Swiss Finance Institute

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Date Written: April 2000

Abstract

This paper reviews the first evidence on the impact of European Monetary Union on European capital markets, one year after the launch of the single currency. Our assessment of this evidence is very favourable. On almost all counts EMU has either already drastically changed the European financial landscape or has the potential to do so in the future. We argue that this is less due to the well-known direct effects of EMU, such as the elimination of intra-European currency risk, than to a number of indirect consequences through feedback mechanisms that seem to have been triggered by EMU.

JEL Classification: E44, F21, F36, G15

Suggested Citation

von Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig and Giavazzi, Francesco and Giavazzi, Francesco and Danthine, Jean-Pierre, European Financial Markets after Emu: A First Assessment (April 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=229065

Ernst-Ludwig Von Thadden (Contact Author)

Universitaet Mannheim ( email )

Department of Economics
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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Francesco Giavazzi

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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