Monetary union: A welfare based approach

European Economic Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 521-552

  Carré, Martine ^a,b   Collard, Fabrice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

^c Toulouse School of Economics   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetric shocks; Flexible exchange rate; Monetary union; Pricing to market

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; EXCHANGE RATE; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MONETARY UNION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0037954197     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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