The economic case for monetary union in the european union

Review of International Economics

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages 10-35

  Buiter, Willem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002152777     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.5.4s.2     Document Type: Article

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