Hungary's entry into the euro area: Lessons for prospective members from a monetary policy perspective

Economic Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 366-384

  Siklos, Pierre L ^a,b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Viessmann Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forecast rules; Maastricht convergence requirements; Monetary policy in emerging markets; Taylor rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750977811     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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