Two-track diffusion and central bank embeddedness: The politics of Euro adoption in Hungary and the Czech Republic

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-386

  Johnson, Juliet ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central banking; Convergence; Czech Republic; Diffusion; European Union; Hungary

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944462307     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290600769245     Document Type: Article

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