A reconsideration of the optimum currency area approach: The role of external shocks and labour mobility

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-127

  Gros, Daniel ^a  

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EID: 0346304562     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002795019615800108     Document Type: Review

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