Stability, asymmetry, and discontinuity: The launch of European Monetary Union

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-372

  Corsetti, Giancarlo ^a   Pesenti, Paolo ^a  

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EID: 0033263160     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2534682     Document Type: Article

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