Is Europe converging to optimality? On dynamic aspects of optimum currency areas

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-120

  Kempa, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence; Currency; European union

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849407890     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580210420772     Document Type: Article

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