The assessment: EMU, four years on

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-29

  Allsopp, Christopher ^a   Artis, Michael J ^b  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; MONETARY POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0038170157     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/19.1.1     Document Type: Article

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