Monetary integration in the Southern Cone

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-349

  Belke, Ansgar ^a   Gros, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Centre for European Policy Studies   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Currency union; Exchange rate and interest rate variability; Job creation; Mercosur; Option value effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889376     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(02)00100-6     Document Type: Article

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