Resurrecting keynes to stabilize the international monetary system

Open Economies Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-358

  Alessandrini, Pietro ^a   Fratianni, Michele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange rates; External imbalances; International monetary system; Key currency; Keynes Plan; Supranational bank money

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; CURRENCY MARKET; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67650175432     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-008-9106-4     Document Type: Article

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