Central European EU accession and Latin American integration: Mutual lessons in macroeconomic policy design

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-277

  Kopits, George ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants of sovereign risk; Economic and monetary union; Policy convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889346     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(02)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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