Ever closer to heaven? An optimum-currency-area index for European countries

European Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 761-770

  Bayoumi, Tamim ^a,b   Eichengreen, Barry ^b,c,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

EMU; Optimum currency areas

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY AREA; EUROPEAN UNION; EXCHANGE RATE;

EUROPE, WEST;

EID: 0031412546     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(97)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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