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Discussing the consistency of the Euro area: ten years after, is there a real integration?

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  • Ilias A. Makris
  • Vasilis N. Nikolaidis

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The present work is an attempt to examine the consistency and integration process in Euro area, following a different approach. More than a decade after the establishment of the common currency (euro), we examine several important indicators of the first country-members (Euro-12). We determine different groups of countries developing similar characteristics through the years and their comparison to the overall Euro-12 economic data, as diversion from others contradicts the main concept of the Union, which is the progressive convergence of the economies of all country-members. Using simple exploratory data analysis tests and multivariate methods that evaluate the combined image of each nation's economic results, we confirm the heterogeneity inside the Eurozone. Findings we hope that will add to the ongoing, debate concerning the overall conception of Euro area.

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  • Ilias A. Makris & Vasilis N. Nikolaidis, 2015. "Discussing the consistency of the Euro area: ten years after, is there a real integration?," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(3), pages 280-297.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:17:y:2015:i:3:p:280-297
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    1. Ilias A. Makris, 2016. "The effect of innovative activity in firm performance and development: Analysing data from eurozone," International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), International Hellenic University (IHU), Kavala Campus, Greece (formerly Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology - EMaTTech), vol. 9(2), pages 87-92, June.

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