Pressures for currency consolidation in insurance and finance: Are the currencies of financially small countries on the endangered list?

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-331

  Von Furstenberg, George M ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041370242     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-8938(01)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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