What lies beneath the euro's effect on financial integration? Currency risk, legal harmonization, or trade?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-88

  Kalemli Ozcan, Sebnem ^a   Papaioannou, Elias ^b   Peydró, José Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euro; Financial integration; Law and finance; Regulation; Trade

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CURRENCY MARKET; DATA SET; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MONETARY POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TERMS OF TRADE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952292125     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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