Strategy for a regional exchange rate arrangement in East Asia: Analysis, review and proposal

Global Economic Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-64

  Kawai, Masahiro ^a   Takagi, Shinji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East asian crisis; Economic integration; Exchange rate arrangement; Intra regional exchange rate stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947390287     PISSN: 1226508X     EISSN: 17443873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1226508042000328962     Document Type: Article

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