International risk sharing and European monetary unification

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-238

  Sørensen, Bent E ^a   Yosha, Oved ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL MARKET; MONETARY UNION; OECD COUNTRY; RISK SHARING;

EID: 0031690519     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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