Reframing the euro vs. dollar debate through the perceptions of financial elites in key dollar-holding countries

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-214

  Otero Iglesias, Miguel ^a   Steinberg, Federico ^b  

^a ESSCA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Currency; dollar; euro; foreign; geopolitics; power; reserves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873168206     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2012.658736     Document Type: Article

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