Why does optimal currency area theory fail to predict changes in currency areas? Evidence from Europe and lessons for Asia

Empirical Methods in International Trade: Essays in Honor of Mordechai Kreinin

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 53-71

  Pomfret, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 84896221546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845423537.000015     Document Type: Chapter

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