Divergent real economies in Europe

Economy and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 546-559

  Pelagidis, Theodore ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Convergence criteria; European monetary unification; Maastricht Treaty; Real exchange rates; Sacrifice ratio

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DIVERGENCE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; MAASTRICHT TREATY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031419577     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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