Floating exchange rates versus a monetary union under rational beliefs: The role of endogenous uncertainty

Economic Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 293-315

  Nielsen, Carsten Krabbe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endogenous uncertainty; Exchange rates; Monetary union; OLG model; Rational beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038644752     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-002-0312-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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