Financialisation and monetary union in Europe: The monetary-structural causes of the euro-area crisis

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 381-400

  Rossi, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

euro area crisis; financialisation; monetary union; TARGET2 imbalances

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; CURRENCY; EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MONETARY POLICY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84886403571     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rst015     Document Type: Article

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