Adjustment within the euro. The difficult case of Portugal

Portuguese Economic Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Blanchard, Olivier ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appreciation; Common currency; Competitiveness; Current account deficit; Depreciation; Euro; Expansion; Portugal; Productivity growth; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947136794     PISSN: 1617982X     EISSN: 16179838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10258-006-0015-4     Document Type: Review

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