Optimal currency areas

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-250

  Buiter, Willem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY MARKET; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; MONETARY UNION; REGIONALIZATION;

EID: 0033861633     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00161     Document Type: Article

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