The political economy of failure: The euro as an international currency

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1095-1122

  Germain, Randall ^a   Schwartz, Herman ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

euro; euro zone crisis; global political economy; international currency; international monetary and financial system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907459923     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2014.891242     Document Type: Article

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