Trade effects of monetary agreements: Evidence for OECD countries

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-755

  Gil Pareja, Salvador ^a   Llorca Vivero, Rafael ^a   Martínez Serrano, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monetary agreements; OECD countries; Trade creation; Trade diversion

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; IMPORT; MONETARY POLICY; OECD; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 43149108661     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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