One world, one currency: Exploring the issues

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 618-633

  Starr, Martha A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749589977     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byl006     Document Type: Review

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