The birth of the euro

Asset Pricing for Dynamic Economies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-260

  Issing, Otmar ^a   Hulbert, Nigel ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 84925126365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511754111     Document Type: Book

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