Currency unions in prospect and retrospect

Annual Review of Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-74

  Santos Silva, J M C ^a   Tenreyro, Silvana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effects of currency unions; Euro; Monetary union; Optimum currency areas; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952592442     PISSN: 19411383     EISSN: 19411391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.economics.102308.124508     Document Type: Article

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