The crisis in the euro area: An analytic overview

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 39, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 233-239

  Gibson, Heather D ^a   Palivos, Theodore ^b   Tavlas, George S ^a  

^a BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adjustment mechanism; Euro area; Financial crises; Monetary integration; Optimum currency areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897423846     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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