Optimum currency areas and European monetary unification

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-49

  Dibooglu, Selahattin ^a   Horvath, Julius ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 21444453867     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1997.tb00453.x     Document Type: Article

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