The Senior Editors of Economic Policy: Georges de Menil works at the Delta Ens, France. Richard Portes lectures in the Department of Economics, London Business School. Hans-Werner Sinn is based at the Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich. The Managing Editors of Economic Policy: Tullio Jappelli is CSEF Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. Philip Lane is Professor of International Macroeconomics at Trinity College Dublin. Philippe Martin is Professor at the Universite Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne and CERASENPC and a Research Fellow at CEPR. Jan van Ours is Professor of Economics at Tilburg University and Professorial Fellow at Melbourne University.

• 1. Editors' introduction. 2. The euro and the competitiveness of European firms: Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Daria Taglioni and Filippo di Mauro. 3. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and European integration: Nicolas Coeurdacier, Roberto A. De Santis and Antonin Aviat. 4. Household debt repayment behaviour: what role do institutions play?: Burcu Duygan-Bump and Charles Grant. 5. Regional inflation dynamics within and across euro area countries and a comparison with the United States: Guenter W. Beck, Kirstin Hubrich and Massimiliano Marcellino.

The Senior Editors of Economic Policy: Georges de Menil works at the Delta Ens, France. Richard Portes lectures in the Department of Economics, London Business School. Hans-Werner Sinn is based at the Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich. The Managing Editors of Economic Policy: Tullio Jappelli is CSEF Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. Philip Lane is Professor of International Macroeconomics at Trinity College Dublin. Philippe Martin is Professor at the Universite Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne and CERASENPC and a Research Fellow at CEPR. Jan van Ours is Professor of Economics at Tilburg University and Professorial Fellow at Melbourne University.

• 1. Editors' introduction. 2. The euro and the competitiveness of European firms: Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Daria Taglioni and Filippo di Mauro. 3. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and European integration: Nicolas Coeurdacier, Roberto A. De Santis and Antonin Aviat. 4. Household debt repayment behaviour: what role do institutions play?: Burcu Duygan-Bump and Charles Grant. 5. Regional inflation dynamics within and across euro area countries and a comparison with the United States: Guenter W. Beck, Kirstin Hubrich and Massimiliano Marcellino.

The Senior Editors of Economic Policy: Georges de Menil works at the Delta Ens, France. Richard Portes lectures in the Department of Economics, London Business School. Hans-Werner Sinn is based at the Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich. The Managing Editors of Economic Policy: Tullio Jappelli is CSEF Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II. Philip Lane is Professor of International Macroeconomics at Trinity College Dublin. Philippe Martin is Professor at the Universite Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne and CERASENPC and a Research Fellow at CEPR. Jan van Ours is Professor of Economics at Tilburg University and Professorial Fellow at Melbourne University.

• 1. Editors' introduction. 2. The euro and the competitiveness of European firms: Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Daria Taglioni and Filippo di Mauro. 3. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and European integration: Nicolas Coeurdacier, Roberto A. De Santis and Antonin Aviat. 4. Household debt repayment behaviour: what role do institutions play?: Burcu Duygan-Bump and Charles Grant. 5. Regional inflation dynamics within and across euro area countries and a comparison with the United States: Guenter W. Beck, Kirstin Hubrich and Massimiliano Marcellino.