On the desirability of a regional basket currency arrangement

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 317-334

  Ogawa, Eiji ^a   Ito, Takatoshi ^a,b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coordination failure; Exchange rate regime; Multiple equilibria; Trade balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036771478     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jjie.2002.0499     Document Type: Review

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