Currency unions and the incentive to reform: Are market mechanisms enough?

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-155

  Hughes Hallett, Andrew ^a,b   Jensen, Svend E Hougaard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr for Economic Business Research   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Economic and Business Research   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

F02; F15; F33; F42; Market flexibility; Monetary union; Structural reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042320844     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(01)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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