EMU: Old flaws revisited

Journal of European Integration

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 723-737

  Giavazzi, Francesco ^a,b,c   Wyplosz, Charles ^b,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Graduate Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central bank transparency; EMU; Financial stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942332163     PISSN: 07036337     EISSN: 14772280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2015.1079369     Document Type: Article

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