EMU and accession countries: Fuzzy cluster analysis of membership

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-325

  Boreiko, Dmitri ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEECs; EMU; Fuzzy cluster analysis; Nominal and real covergence; Optimum Currency Area

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; EUROPEAN UNION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0142104216     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.216     Document Type: Article

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