A common currency peg in East Asia? Perspectives from Western Europe

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-350

  Chow, Hwee Kwan ^a   Kim, Yoonbai ^b,c  

^a Monetary Authority of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common currency peg in East Asia; Country specific shocks vs. regional shocks; Economic and monetary union; Optimum currency area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242280298     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-0704(03)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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