Monetary union: European lessons, Latin American prospects

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 297-321

  Hochreiter, Eduard ^a   Schmidt Hebbel, Klaus ^b   Winckler, Georg ^c  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

^b CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emerging market economics; Exchange rate regimes; Monetary union

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889130     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(02)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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