The enlargement of the euro area: What lessons can be learned from EMU?

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 947-970

  Rossi, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Candidate countries; Enlargement; Euro area; European monetary union; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342307378     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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