The endogeneity of the optimum currency area criteria

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 449, 1998, Pages 1009-1025

  Frankel, Jeffrey A ^a   Rose, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0142197986     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00327     Document Type: Article

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